Agan Surname
Approximately 15,545 people bear this surname
Agan Surname Definition:
1. The cineal Eoghain, were the ' genus' or progeny of Eoghan, a great Irish chief contemporary with St. Patrick. The name is anglicised to Owen and Eugene. O'Donovan in Irish Penny Journ, p. 327. Gaelic, eigin, force, violence; hence strong-handed, active.
Read More About This SurnameAgan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 5,976 | 1:16,941 | 1,962 |
| United States | 3,083 | 1:117,567 | 12,659 |
| Uganda | 1,660 | 1:23,518 | 3,388 |
| Nigeria | 1,520 | 1:116,541 | 7,725 |
| India | 825 | 1:929,776 | 40,018 |
| Malaysia | 638 | 1:46,229 | 3,689 |
| Indonesia | 553 | 1:239,149 | 22,029 |
| Kenya | 446 | 1:103,542 | 8,994 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Pakistan | 159 | 1:1,123,546 | 13,856 |
| Iran | 76 | 1:1,010,296 | 46,499 |
| Benin | 69 | 1:149,791 | 15,556 |
| Ivory Coast | 58 | 1:397,780 | 13,651 |
| England | 53 | 1:1,051,284 | 51,324 |
| Estonia | 46 | 1:28,735 | 5,267 |
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| Japan | 20 | 1:6,392,215 | 41,807 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 66 | 1:369,324 | 22,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 926 | 1:54,232 | 6,092 |
The alternate forms: Ágan (1), Agán (1) & Ágán (85) are calculated separately.
Agan (7,693) may also be a first name.
Agan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
1. The cineal Eoghain, were the ' genus' or progeny of Eoghan, a great Irish chief contemporary with St. Patrick. The name is anglicised to Owen and Eugene. O'Donovan in Irish Penny Journ, p. 327. Gaelic, eigin, force, violence; hence strong-handed, active. Arthur.
(Gaelic.) From Eight, force, violence; hence, strong—handed, active. The name may be local, and named from Agen, a town in Guienne, France; also Agen, Welsh, local, a cleft.
EIGINN: (Gaelic.) Strong—handed.
Agan Demographics
Agan Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Agan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Agan (Arabic: اغان, Bengali: আগন, Hindi: अगन, Marathi: आगन, Oriya: ଅଗନ, Russian: Аган, Tibetan: ཨ་གམ་) is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Ágan, Agán or Ágán. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agan? popularity and diffusion
Agan is the 34,097th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 468,803 people. The last name Agan is primarily found in Asia, where 53 percent of Agan are found; 46 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 38 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Agan is also the 72,927th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 7,693 people.
This surname is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 5,976 people, or 1 in 16,941. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 20 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 17 percent reside and Central Visayas, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name is found in 54 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 11 percent reside.
Agan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Agan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Agan surname increased 333 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 20 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 71 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Agan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Episcopalian (57%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Agan surname are 21.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.58% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Agan earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.46% more than the national average, earning $43,777 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.65% less than the national average, earning $42,402 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Agan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Agan in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་གམ་ | agam | - |
| Agan in the Hindi language | ||
| अगन | agana | 88.71 |
| आगन | agana | 7.26 |
| अगान | agana | 2.42 |
| अग्ां | agam | 0.4 |
| ऑगन | ogana | 0.4 |
| आगान | agana | 0.4 |
| Agan in the Bengali language | ||
| আগন | agana | 85.71 |
| অগন | agana | 14.29 |
| Agan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଗନ | agana | 49.23 |
| ଆଗନ | agana | 20 |
| ଅଗଣ | agana | 13.85 |
| ଆଗାନ | agana | 6.15 |
| ଅଗାନ | agana | 3.08 |
| ଅଗବ୍ି | agabi | 1.54 |
| ଅଗନ୍ | agan | 1.54 |
| ଅଗିନ | agina | 1.54 |
| ଅଗାନ୍ | agan | 1.54 |
| ଆଗନ୍ | agan | 1.54 |
| Agan in the Marathi language | ||
| आगन | agana | 40.54 |
| अगन | agana | 26.13 |
| आगण | agana | 11.71 |
| आगान | agana | 8.11 |
| अगण | agana | 6.31 |
| आगाण | agana | 3.6 |
| अगान | agana | 1.8 |
| Agan in the Russian language | ||
| Аган | agan | - |
| Agan in the Arabic language | ||
| اغان | aghan | - |
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