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
Average Agona Salary in
United States
$37,285 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Agona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Agona (Hindi: अगोना, Marathi: अगोणा) is found most in Uganda. It can also appear as a variant: Agoña. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Agona? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 416,960th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 8,738,065 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Agona live; 47 percent live in East Africa and 36 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Agona is also the 598,137th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 226 people.
Agona is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 119,022. In Uganda Agona is mostly found in: Apac District, where 59 percent reside, Lira District, where 13 percent reside and Oyam District, where 10 percent reside. Not including Uganda this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Agona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Agona surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for 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 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis