Agams Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Agams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Agams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2721:651,26030,529
Indonesia361:3,673,589193,360
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Agams (30) may also be a first name.

Agams Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Agams Come From? nationality or country of origin

Agams (Russian: Агамс) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Agams? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 862,604th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. Agams occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Agams live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agams is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used forename globally It is held by 30 people.

The last name Agams is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 272 people, or 1 in 651,260. In Nigeria Agams is most common in: Plateau, where 23 percent are found, Lagos, where 17 percent are found and Rivers, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agamse9127/
Agamms911/
Augams911/
Agans80627/
Agoms8029/
Ogams803/
Hagans734,008/
Eagans73151/
Gagans7312/
Aggans734/
Agaans734/
Aganse733/
Agamje732/
Agamze731/
Angans731/
Hogams730/
Haggans67359/
Hagains6796/
Against6764/
Auganæs6734/
Haganæs6731/
Agatins672/
Agasins671/
Auggans671/
Aggains671/
Gaggans671/
Haygans670/
Hangans670/

Agams Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Agams in the Russian language
Агамсagams-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Agams
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