Find out how popular the last name Aguas is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Aguas.

Aguas, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Aguas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Aguas in America

Aguas is the 18950th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Aguas surname appeared 1,440 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Aguas.

We can also compare 2010 data for Aguas to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Aguas

The surname AGUAS has its origins in Spain, dating back to the 15th century. It is derived from the Spanish word "agua," meaning water, and was likely given as a descriptive name to someone who lived near a body of water or perhaps worked in a water-related occupation.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the AGUAS surname can be found in the municipal archives of Seville, Spain, where a certain Juan de Aguas is mentioned in a document from 1492. This suggests that the name was already well-established in the region by the late 15th century.

In the 16th century, the AGUAS surname began to spread throughout Spain and its territories. For example, in 1521, a man named Diego de Aguas was listed as a resident of the town of Trujillo in the Spanish colony of Peru.

The name AGUAS has also been linked to various place names in Spain, such as Aguas Candidas (meaning "clear waters") in the province of Cáceres, and Aguas Vivas (meaning "living waters") in the province of Almería. These place names may have influenced the surname or vice versa.

One notable AGUAS in history was Fray Alonso de Aguas, a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary who lived in the 16th century. He was known for his work in evangelizing the indigenous populations of Mexico and Guatemala.

Another historically significant person with the AGUAS surname was Juan de Aguas y Viedma, a Spanish military officer and explorer who served as the governor of Florida from 1598 to 1603. He played a crucial role in the early Spanish colonization efforts in that region.

In the 18th century, a notable figure named Francisco de Aguas y Calderón was a Spanish naval officer and cartographer who participated in several important expeditions to the Pacific Ocean and mapped various islands and coastlines.

Moving into the 19th century, José María Aguas was a prominent Spanish politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Spanish parliament (Cortes Generales) in the mid-1800s.

Lastly, one of the most recent historical figures with the AGUAS surname was Manuel Aguas Barceló, a Spanish architect and urban planner who lived from 1886 to 1960. He was known for his work on various public buildings and urban development projects in Spain during the early 20th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Aguas

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Aguas.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Aguas was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Aguas has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Aguas was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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