Agars Surname

650,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 465 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Agars Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Agar' or 'Ager' Probably a form of Algar, a Domesday personal name, and very popular for several centuries; v. Algar.

Thomas Agar, 1544, Yorkshire:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

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Agars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia3491:77,3529,038
United States541:6,712,202314,667
England271:2,063,63279,942
Ireland221:214,0438,362
Latvia111:186,36821,302
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:487,50726,996
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Agars Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Agar' or 'Ager' Probably a form of Algar, a Domesday personal name, and very popular for several centuries; v. Algar.

Thomas Agar, 1544, Yorkshire:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

Wilfrid Agar, 1544, Yorkshire: ibid.

1578. Buried — Joane Agar, a mayde, of fourscore years olde: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1619. Andrew Agar: Register of the University of Oxford.

1635. Married — Thomas Agar and Mary Rigley: St. Peter's, Cornhill.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Aucher, a Norman personal name, whence Fitz-Aucher.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Gaelic and Celtic.) Aighear signifies gladness, joy, gayety. If from the Latin ager, it denotes a field or land.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The Agars, an old York family of the 17th and 18th centuries, gained considerable estate by trade and founded a hospital in that city. Thomas Agar, tanner, was lord mayor of York in 1618, and the same office was filled by Thomas Agar, woollen draper, in 1724 (D.). Agar is still a York name.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Agars Last Name Facts

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

The last name Agars occurs most in Australia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Agars? popularity and diffusion

The last name Agars is the 650,013th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 15,672,142 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Agars live; 75 percent live in Australasia and 75 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is held by 349 people, or 1 in 77,352. In Australia it is mostly concentrated in: South Australia, where 85 percent reside, Western Australia, where 6 percent reside and Victoria, where 4 percent reside. Not including Australia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.

Agars Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Agars has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 46 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Agars Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Agars surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Agars earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.12% less than the national average, earning $32,742 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Aigars9179/
Gagars9120/
Angars911/
Eagars911/
Hagars910/
Haggars836/
Asghars832/
Aigarsh831/
Agarshe831/
Agers80557/
Egars8013/
Ogars801/
Agors800/
Haghgars771/
Asgharsh771/
Hagers73441/
Eagers73381/
Aggers73355/
Eggars7351/
Augers7310/
Agerås739/
Agersø738/
Egarsh733/
Hegars731/
Eagors730/
Aghers730/
Agharch6739/
Asgours6714/
Haggers677/
Hasgörs677/
Heggars675/
Hoegars672/
Haegers671/
Aiggers671/
Eggaers671/
Auggers670/
Augiers670/

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