Origin
This surname is a toponymic surname, because it originates in the current town of Ávila (where the eagles live) in Spain, from where it is distributed to other places in Castile, Extremadura, Andalusia, Catalonia and America. Its origin is related to the origins of the last name Ávila and Del Águila; In Israel there is also a similar city called Neshe (eagle in Hebrew), however the surname in Hebrew could not be related to the city or the monastery of Avila, it is used in the Jewish culture in a Patronic way.
The surname obtained merits to participate with the two hundred knights of lineage that reconquered Seville in 1248, accompanying King San Fernando. This last name and the surnames of these gentlemen are, in part, of some Sevillians prior to the invasion of Spain by the Moors, that is, they go back to the Visigothic period, and even to Roman times. Some descendants of those Sevillians of the 8th century, after having lived five hundred years in exile in Asturias, Galicia or León, returned to Seville. Other surnames of the Reconquista era are of Galician, Asturian, Castilian, Catalan or Navarrese origin, of knights of San Fernando that even without coming from old Sevillian families, they decide to stay in this city. There were also surnames of Muslim origin.
The last name Aguila is Castilian and could proceed more precisely from the current Spanish autonomous community of Castilla y León, where the municipality of Ávila is located, a geographical area where some historians claim that in the ancient age it was founded by Romans and it was invaded by Franco-German forces.
At the time of the conquest of America, the surname arrived by the State of Veracruz with the conquerors, leaving offspring in the States of Puebla and Tlaxcala mainly.
The surname Águila finally appears in different Spanish documents and appears in the "Heraldic and Noble Dictionary of the Kingdoms of Spain" by Fernando González Doria (among other Heraldic documents), so that the Águila lineage has official weapons certified by The King of arms and have heraldic and heraldic shields from various Sections of the National Historical Archive of Spain, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos and Vizcaya, etc. In short, those of the last name Águila have carried out some test of nobility or nobility. Relevant persons in America with the Surname Águila
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