Where Does the Lagunas Surname Come From?

Anyone researching Lagunas should also look under Laguna. Name scholars give the meaning as “Lagoon, small lake”. Lagunas adds “s” to Laguna, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: De la Laguna.

In the 2010 US Census, 7,080 Americans gave Lagunas as their last name (rank 4,966). Of these, 96% identified as Hispanic or Latino. Spain's INE counts 1,246 residents with Lagunas as first surname and 1,211 with it as second.

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