The Paniagua surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,340 people carried this name — #3,455 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,500 people counted. That is up 48% from 7,004 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 18,090 people named Paniagua 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Paniagua.
Most of them — 38 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Aude.
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
58 people named Paniagua live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 print
Paniagua in American newspapers,
1904–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,582 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Paniagua,
with a public archive behind them.
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Valentín Paniagua 1936–2006 · lawyer -
Enrique Paniagua Porras 1877–1952 · military personnel
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Cecilio Paniagua 1911–1979 · photographer
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Carlos Eduardo Paniagua España 1915–1988 · diplomat
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Juan Antonio Paniagua Arellano 1920–2010 · physician
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Juan Antonio Paniagua Arellano 1920–2010 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paniagua.
- Panek 3,032 · U.S. census
- Panella 1,920 · U.S. census
- Panetta 1,635 · U.S. census
- Panfili 137 · U.S. census
- Pangallo 522 · U.S. census
- Pani 403 · U.S. census
- Panichi 234 · U.S. census
- Panico 1,505 · U.S. census
- Panicucci 142 · U.S. census
- Panis 449 · U.S. census
- Panizzi 124 · U.S. census
- Pann 399 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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