Frequency: (497)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish (Águila): from águila ‘eagle’ (Latin aquila). This is either a nickname for a haughty man or one with an aquiline nose, or a habitational name from a place in Salamanca province called Águila.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 52%. Jose (22), Pedro (9), Luis (8), Juan (7), Fernando (5), Sergio (5), Francisco (4), Jesus (4), Mario (4), Rafael (4), Ramon (4), Gerardo (3); Antonio (3), Aldo, Elio, Federico, Guido, Marco Antonio, Romeo, Salustiano.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
