Argúello
surname · Latin script
Argúello is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country. In Paraguay it is the 96th most common surname. Recorded meaning: minor places so called, from OSp. arboleo well-wooded (LL arboleus, for class. L arboreus, a deriv. of arbor tree).
- PYParaguay≈1 in 510(inferred from the name graph)
- CRCosta Rica1 in 732
- NINicaragua≈1 in 820
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Mexico (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 308 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 513 (inferred from the name graph)
≈28,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Paraguay, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Arguello in AR Argentina, MX Mexico, US United States and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)minor places so called, from OSp. arboleo well-wooded (LL arboleus, for class. L arboreus, a deriv. of arbor tree). Argyle Scots: regional name from Argyll, a district in SW Scotland, so called from Gael, oirthir Ghaidheal ‘coast of the Gaels’.
Cited for this meaning 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Argúello counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MX Mexico | #509 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | 531 | Arguello | 159 |
| AR Argentina | #209 | 19,463 | 1 in 2.3K | 19K | Arguello | 100 |
| PY Paraguay | #96 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 513 | — | Arguello | 49 |
| CO Colombia | #531 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | 9 | Arguello | 96 |
| US United States | — | 8,518 | 1 in 39K | 8.5K | Arguello | 308 |
| NI Nicaragua | #114 | ≈8,400 est. | ≈1 in 824 | — | Arguello | 63 |
| EC Ecuador | #389 | 8,238 | 1 in 2.1K | 8.2K | Arguello | 65 |
| CR Costa Rica | #146 | 6,968 | 1 in 732 | 7K | Arguello | 72 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; the co-datosgov-candidates register; INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Argúello mean, and where does it come from?
- minor places so called, from OSp. arboleo well-wooded (LL arboleus, for class. L arboreus, a deriv. of arbor tree). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- In which country does Argúello have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 28 thousand people named Argúello in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arguello.
- How common is the name Argúello?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 19,463 people named Argúello, about 1 in 2.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Argúello compared with other names?
- In Mexico, Argúello is the 509th most common surname of 206,803 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
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These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Argúello” — the 509th most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.