Agona Surname
Approximately 834 people bear this surname
Agona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 328 | 1:119,022 | 11,368 |
| Nigeria | 150 | 1:1,180,952 | 47,933 |
| United States | 77 | 1:4,707,259 | 244,676 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| Benin | 31 | 1:333,407 | 26,304 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Agoña (4) are calculated separately.
Agona (226) may also be a first name.
Agona Demographics
Agona Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Agona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Agona (Hindi: अगोना, Marathi: अगोणा) occurs most in Uganda. It can also appear in the variant forms: Agoña. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agona? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 416,960th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 8,738,065 people. The last name Agona is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Agona live; 47 percent live in East Africa and 36 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 598,137th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 226 people.
The last name Agona is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 119,022. In Uganda Agona is primarily found in: Apac District, where 59 percent live, Lira District, where 13 percent live and Oyam District, where 10 percent live. Aside from Uganda this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Agona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Agona surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Agona are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% being registered with the party.
Agona earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.59% less than the national average, earning $37,285 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Agona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Agona in the Marathi language | ||
| अगोणा | agona | - |
| Agona in the Hindi language | ||
| अगोना | agona | 75 |
| अगॉना | agona | 25 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Agona
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