Agüero
A Spanish surname originally from a place name, most famously borne by people whose ancestors came from the town of Agüero in northern Spain.
The #5,437 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 48,226 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Agüero is a Spanish habitational surname, meaning someone who came from a place called Agüero. The place-name is commonly linked to a pre-Roman or Latinized local name, and in Spanish the word agüero can also mean an omen or sign, though that is not necessarily the source of the surname. As with many Iberian surnames, the family name likely began as an identifier for someone “from Agüero.”
History
The surname is strongly associated with Spain, especially Aragon and nearby regions, and it spread through Spanish migration to the Americas. It is well known in modern times through Argentine footballer Sergio Agüero, which has helped make the name familiar well beyond Spain. In English-language records the diaeresis is often dropped, producing Aguero.
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Fun fact
The spelling with ü signals that the u is pronounced in Spanish, so Agüero is not said like simple English “ah-GWEH-roh” with a silent middle vowel.