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The Jauregui surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,783 people carried this name — #2,823 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,100 people counted. That is up 39% from 9,210 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Jauregui surname

Borrowed from Spanish Jáuregui, habitational surname from Basque jauregi (“palace”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Jauregui» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 5,387 people named Jauregui live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,621
Salta 588
City of Buenos Aires 564
Entre Ríos 365
Santa Fe 293
Córdoba 232
Mendoza 107
La Pampa 96

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 103 people named Jauregui.

28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 28
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 47
Paris 7
Gironde 6
Nord 6
Landes 3
Ariège 2
Hautes-Pyrénées 1
Yvelines 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

33 people named Jauregui live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 15
Vaud 14
Zurich 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Jauregui in American newspapers,
1851–1919.

Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Jauregui
El Pelayo 1851-12-26
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Jauregui
The Hattiesburg News 1915-07-02
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Jauregui
La Prensa 1919-04-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,166 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Jauregui,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pedro Jauregui Olano 1675–
  • Maria Ygnacia Jauregui Yrazuzta barrena 1780–
  • Maria Antonia Jauregui Arandia 1803–
  • Miguel Joaquín Jauregui Arandia 1806–
  • Ygnacia Antonia Jauregui Aguirre 1869–1870
  • Juan Martin Jauregui Aguirre 1871–

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Jauregui.

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