Ago Surname
Approximately 29,274 people bear this surname
Ago Surname User-submission:
The surname is very popular in Albania and comes from the Ilir people in seculo 10; from the first ago (Ilir ago).
Ago Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 6,769 | 1:3,408 | 326 |
| Togo | 3,780 | 1:1,917 | 224 |
| Nigeria | 3,650 | 1:48,532 | 3,731 |
| Japan | 3,212 | 1:39,802 | 3,530 |
| Benin | 2,958 | 1:3,494 | 437 |
| Albania | 2,293 | 1:1,271 | 158 |
| Ghana | 1,663 | 1:16,248 | 2,082 |
| Philippines | 1,309 | 1:77,340 | 13,386 |
| Indonesia | 1,042 | 1:126,919 | 12,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 402 | 1:20,283 | 2,138 |
| Greece | 343 | 1:32,303 | 5,022 |
| United States | 270 | 1:1,342,440 | 93,444 |
| India | 239 | 1:3,209,479 | 93,987 |
| Niger | 142 | 1:135,155 | 5,116 |
| Solomon Islands | 139 | 1:4,173 | 502 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Italy | 121 | 1:505,427 | 50,992 |
| Kenya | 119 | 1:388,066 | 22,003 |
| England | 71 | 1:784,761 | 42,668 |
| Taiwan | 64 | 1:366,324 | 2,896 |
| Uganda | 63 | 1:619,671 | 32,575 |
| Serbia | 53 | 1:134,810 | 9,704 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Malaysia | 48 | 1:614,463 | 29,648 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Kosovo | 22 | 1:84,630 | 5,088 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Panama | 21 | 1:186,298 | 5,509 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| North Macedonia | 9 | 1:233,497 | 14,572 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Agó (2), Agò (1) & Ágó (188) are calculated separately.
Ago (12,340) may also be a first name.
Ago Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname is very popular in Albania and comes from the Ilir people in seculo 10; from the first ago (Ilir ago).
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Average Male Ago Height
175.4 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ago Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ago Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ago (Arabic: آغو, Hindi: आगो, Marathi: फ़ागो, Tibetan: ཨ་སྒོ།) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Agó, Agò or Ágó. For other potential spellings of Ago click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ago? popularity and diffusion
It is the 18,820th most commonly held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 248,943 people. The last name Ago occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Ago live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ago is also the 53,152nd most commonly used given name on earth, held by 12,340 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 6,769 people, or 1 in 3,408. In The Ivory Coast Ago is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 22 percent live, Bas-Sassandra District, where 18 percent live and Vallée du Bandama District, where 14 percent live. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 74 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.
Ago Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ago has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ago last name expanded 2,077 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ago Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (75%) in Kenya and Christian (93%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Ago are 31.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 84.78% registered with the party.
The amount Ago earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 1871.25% more than the national average, earning €591,965 per year; in United States they earn 16.53% more than the national average, earning $50,282 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.43% less than the national average, earning $37,047 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ago Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ago in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་སྒོ། | ago | - |
| Ago in the Marathi language | ||
| फ़ागो | fago | 94.74 |
| अगो | ago | 5.26 |
| Ago in the Hindi language | ||
| आगो | ago | 66.67 |
| अगो | ago | 33.33 |
| Ago in the Arabic language | ||
| آغو | aghw | - |
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