Agard Surname
Approximately 5,247 people bear this surname
Agard Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. ; v. Haggard. Arthur Agard, a distinguished antiquary, was descended of an old Derbyshire family. He was born in 1540, and died in 1615. He was one of the original members of the Society of Antiquaries, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Read More About This SurnameAgard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,898 | 1:190,969 | 18,922 |
| France | 1,069 | 1:62,135 | 8,467 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 561 | 1:2,431 | 418 |
| Barbados | 496 | 1:580 | 158 |
| Guyana | 403 | 1:1,891 | 335 |
| Canada | 213 | 1:172,984 | 17,319 |
| England | 109 | 1:511,175 | 32,340 |
| Suriname | 83 | 1:6,658 | 1,580 |
| Panama | 70 | 1:55,889 | 2,622 |
| Grenada | 48 | 1:2,261 | 373 |
| Jamaica | 46 | 1:62,390 | 3,274 |
| Norway | 36 | 1:142,841 | 18,058 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Saint Lucia | 27 | 1:6,622 | 814 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26 | 1:4,333 | 560 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 1:6,611 | 774 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 12 | 1:9,198 | 1,357 |
| British Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:3,159 | 366 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6 | 1:9,200 | 695 |
| Montserrat | 6 | 1:824 | 139 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 22 | 1:1,107,971 | 42,566 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 265 | 1:189,504 | 16,696 |
Agard (97) may also be a first name.
Agard Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. ; v. Haggard. Arthur Agard, a distinguished antiquary, was descended of an old Derbyshire family. He was born in 1540, and died in 1615. He was one of the original members of the Society of Antiquaries, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. (Dictionary of National Biography, and Stanley's Westminster Abbey.) Haggard is the usual form of this patronymic.
1591. Stephen Agard, Northamptonshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1634. Married — John Aepanl and Mary Adderley: St. Antholin (London).
1. According to B.L.G. the family are supposed to be derived from the Ogards of co. Herts. 2. Haggard is a corruption of "hay-garth," a rick yard, and is so employed in Hall and Holinshed, as well as in several provincial dialects. See Garth. 3, and most probably, an ancient baptismal name which occurs in Domesday as Acard and Acardus, and in the H.R. as Hacgard.
Same as Hoggart, Huggard; from hoog-hart, a D. G. compound signifying very high or big.
Agard Demographics
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Agard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agard Come From? nationality or country of origin
Agard (Russian: Агард) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agard? popularity and diffusion
It is the 91,253rd most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,388,898 people. Agard is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Agard reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 962,660th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 97 people.
The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,898 people, or 1 in 190,969. In The United States Agard is most common in: New York, where 31 percent live, Florida, where 8 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in France, where 20 percent live and Trinidad and Tobago, where 11 percent live.
Agard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Agard has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Agard last name expanded 716 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 495 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Agard Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Agard last name are 5.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.54% registered with the political party.
The amount Agard earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 10.39% less than the national average, earning 310,128 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.24% more than the national average, earning $47,138 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.17% more than the national average, earning $49,767 CAD per year.
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Agard Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Agard in the Russian language | ||
| Агард | agard | - |
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