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The prestigious Spanish surname Arguelles finds its origin in the place name Arguello, which is the name of a number of locations in Spain. The surname Arguelles signifies "descendant or son of one who came from Arguello." It is derived from the Old Spanish "arboleo," meaning a "well-wooded area" (from the Latin "arboleus," a derivative of "arbor" meaning "a tree").

Early Origins of the Arguelles family

The surname Arguelles was first found in the province of Leon, in the ancient kingdom of Castile. Early records of this surname include a reference in the Los Americanos en las Ordenes Nobiliarias (1529-1900) to Juana de Arguello who married Clemente Munoz del Castillo (b. 1612) circa 1640 in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Early History of the Arguelles family

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Arguelles Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Arguella, Arguellos, Arguelles, Arjuela, Arbuelo and others.

Early Notables of the Arguelles family

Prominent among bearers of the Arguelles family name at this time was Captain Francisco de Arguello Valderrama y Palomeque, who held the title of Regidor Perpetuo of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Martín de Argüelles, Jr. (born 1566) was the first white child known to have been born in what is now the United...
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Arguelles Ranking

In the United States, the name Arguelles is the 9,264th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]


United States Arguelles migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Arguelles Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Jose Maria Arguelles, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1822 [2]
Arguelles Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Arturo Arguelles, aged 16, originally from Toluca Mexico, arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Mexico" from Vera Cruz, Mexico [3]
  • Dario Arguelles, aged 41, originally from Sagua Le Grande, Cuba, arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Adriatic" from Cherbourg, France [3]
  • Concepcion Arguelles, aged 31, originally from Sagua Le Grande, Cuba, arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Adriatic" from Cherbourg, France [3]
  • Calisto Arguelles, aged 7, originally from Sagua Le Grande, Cuba, arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Adriatic" from Cherbourg, France [3]

Contemporary Notables of the name Arguelles (post 1700) +

  • Ivan Argüelles (b. 1939), American innovative poet
  • Alexander Sabino Arguelles (b. 1964), American linguist notable for his work on Korean, son of the poet Ivan Argüelles, nephew of José Argüelles
  • Joseph Anthony Arguelles (1939-2011), American New Age author and artist
  • Fulgencio Argüelles (b. 1955), Spanish writer and psychologist
  • José Canga Argüelles (1770-1843), Spanish statesman
  • Agustín Argüelles (b. 1776), Spanish liberal politician
  • Noel Argüelles (b. 1990), Cuban Major League Baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization
  • Jacqueline Guadalupe Argüelles Guzmán (b. 1968), Mexican politician
  • Marco Argüelles (b. 1989), Mexican professional footballer
  • Ramón Cabrera Argüelles (b. 1944), Philippine prelate, Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lipa in the province of Batangas, on the island of Luzon, Philippines
  • ... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result


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