Aragon
A surname taken from the Spanish region of Aragon, originally identifying someone from that kingdom or its people.
The #1,367 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 11,966 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Aragon is a toponymic surname, meaning “of Aragon” or “from Aragon,” the historic kingdom and region in northeastern Spain. The place-name itself is usually traced back to the River Aragón, though the deeper origin of that river name is uncertain. In surname use, it would have marked a person who came from that region or was associated with it.
History
The name spread as a family surname in Spanish-speaking areas and later appears elsewhere through migration. In older British genealogical writing, some bearers were sometimes linked by tradition to Aragon in Spain, though those claims were not always secure. In the Americas, Aragon is found today as a relatively widespread Hispanic surname.
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Fun fact
Aragón is both a surname and the name of one of Spain’s best-known historic kingdoms, so the family name carries a strong geographic identity.
From the historical record
“«Apellido. En Aragon es el primer pedimento o escrito que se presenta al juez en cualquiera de los cuatro proce-. sos forales», «APELLIDO DE TOLIFORTIAM. En Aragon era antigua-”
— Diccionario de los apellidos