Ager Surname
Approximately 13,758 people bear this surname
Ager 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).
Read More About This SurnameAger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,898 | 1:33,660 | 3,918 |
| England | 2,315 | 1:24,068 | 3,334 |
| Nigeria | 2,263 | 1:78,278 | 5,574 |
| United States | 1,781 | 1:203,514 | 19,984 |
| Kenya | 1,460 | 1:31,630 | 3,455 |
| Austria | 528 | 1:16,128 | 2,397 |
| Denmark | 405 | 1:13,938 | 1,359 |
| Tanzania | 394 | 1:134,370 | 12,502 |
| Canada | 277 | 1:133,017 | 13,807 |
| Australia | 206 | 1:131,047 | 14,245 |
| Israel | 123 | 1:69,574 | 8,611 |
| Iran | 122 | 1:629,365 | 34,390 |
| Philippines | 114 | 1:888,055 | 80,963 |
| Germany | 105 | 1:766,719 | 57,066 |
| Uganda | 100 | 1:390,393 | 24,666 |
| New Zealand | 98 | 1:46,207 | 7,572 |
| Spain | 75 | 1:623,360 | 28,648 |
| Russia | 70 | 1:2,058,901 | 127,116 |
| Turkey | 52 | 1:1,496,566 | 58,441 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Wales | 35 | 1:88,415 | 7,250 |
| Northern Ireland | 33 | 1:55,910 | 4,502 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Scotland | 24 | 1:223,076 | 11,507 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | 1:3,087,648 | 114,684 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 1 | 1:7,858 | 154 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,166 | 1:20,905 | 2,953 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 660 | 1:76,089 | 8,089 |
The alternate forms: Äger (7,323) are calculated separately.
Ager (1,115) may also be a first name.
Ager 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.
= Agar, q.v.
Aucher, a Norman personal name, whence Fitz-Aucher.
(Gaelic and Celtic.) Aighear signifies gladness, joy, gayety. If from the Latin ager, it denotes a field or land.
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.
Ager Demographics
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Ager Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ager Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ager (Hindi: अगेर, Marathi: आगेर, Russian: Агер) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Äger. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ager? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 38,254th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 529,695 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Ager are found; 35 percent are found in East Africa and 21 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 238,801st most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 1,115 people.
This surname is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,898 people, or 1 in 33,660. Beside Ethiopia it occurs in 66 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 16 percent live.
Ager Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ager has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Ager last name rose 199 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 270 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 583 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Ager Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ager last name is predominantly Anglican (90%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Ager surname are 10.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.36% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ager earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 8.26% less than the national average, earning R 218,004 per year; in United States they earn 4.16% more than the national average, earning $44,946 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.58% less than the national average, earning $44,426 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ager Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ager in the Hindi language | ||
| अगेर | agera | - |
| Ager in the Marathi language | ||
| आगेर | agera | 91.11 |
| अगेर | agera | 8.89 |
| Ager in the Russian language | ||
| Агер | ager | - |
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Footnotes
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