Aguirre | |
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Family name | |
Region of origin | Basque, France and Spain |
Related names | Aguerre, Aguirra, Aguirra, Aguirri, Daguerre, Izaguirre, Yzaguirre, Eyzaguirre, Zaguirre |
Aguirre is a surname of Basque origin. Lope de Aguirre was one of the first Europeans to explore the Americas. Based on "the U.S. Census Bureau's 1990 and 2000 censuses," HowManyofMe.com estimates in mid-2013 that 68,990 people bear the surname Aguirre in the United States, making the name statistically the country's 508th most common surname.