Arguelles

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/argɛʎɛs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Arguelles is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Anglicization of Spanish Argüelles.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 6.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 9.7K
  • ESSpain1 in 12K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈17,000 people, est.

Sources
253 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Anglicization of Spanish Argüelles.

Sources 1

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Arguelles 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.

Where Arguelles is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#746≈17,000 est.≈1 in 6.4K—Arguelles70
ID Indonesia—≈8,100 est.≈1 in 33K—Arguelles6
US United States—4,8371 in 69K4.8KArguelles253
ES Spain—4,0311 in 12K4KArguelles101
VE Venezuela#846≈3,000 est.≈1 in 9.7K—Arguelles24
PA Panama#350≈250 est.≈1 in 16K6Arguelles21

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Arguelles is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Mexico, Spain

    Languages: English, Spanish, German

    Also written Argüelles, Argueelles, Arguëllës

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Belgium

    Also written Argüelles

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Argűelles, Argūelles, Argu͏̈elles, Arguëlles, Argüelles

  • Russian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, Spain

    Also written Аргуэльес, Argüelles

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19001920194019601980Carlos Arguelles, b. 1917John Arguelles, b. 1927Alexander Arguelles, b. 1964Emil Arguelles, b. 1972

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Arguelles,Dear Arguelles, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Arguelles,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 23 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Arguelles
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020104.8K#6,932
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020204.6K#6,969
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—4K#1,300
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—4K#1,300
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.5K#8,705
PA PanamaTribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election20241#1,128
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Arguelles mean, and where does it come from?
Anglicization of Spanish Argüelles. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Arguelles?
A machine transcription gives /argɛʎɛs/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Arguelles have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Arguelles in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arguelles.
How common is the name Arguelles?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,837 people named Arguelles in 2010, about 1 in 69 thousand residents.
How common is Arguelles compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Arguelles is the 746th most common surname of 876,464 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

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, “Arguelles” — the 746th most common surname in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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