The Laguna surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,633 people carried this name — #6,088 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 44% from 3,906 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,805 people named Laguna 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
377 people named Laguna have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 416 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Podlaskie.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 108 people named Laguna.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
49 people named Laguna live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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
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 the Nordic population registers
24 people named Laguna is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Laguna,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andrés Laguna 1499–1559 · physician -
Benjamín Máximo Laguna y Villanueva 1826–1902 · botanist -
Stanisław Ignacy Łaguna 1878–1943 · engineer -
Ismael Laguna 1943–2026 · boxer -
Daniel Israel López Laguna 1653–1730 · poet
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Justo Oscar Laguna 1929–2011 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Laguna.
- Lagrange 2,574 · U.S. census
- Lagrave 270 · U.S. census
- Lagree 310 · U.S. census
- Lague 643 · U.S. census
- Laguerre 3,171 · U.S. census
- Lagueux 305 · U.S. census
- Lahaie 816 · U.S. census
- Lahay 239 · U.S. census
- Lahaye 730 · U.S. census
- Lahens 411 · U.S. census
- Laher 178 · U.S. census
- Lahoz 269 · U.S. census
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