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
The surname Agona (Hindi: अगोना, Marathi: अगोणा) has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also occur in the variant forms: Agoña. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agona? popularity and diffusion
The last name Agona is the 416,960th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,738,065 people. The last name occurs mostly 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 at a global level. It is borne by 226 people.
The surname Agona is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 119,022. In Uganda Agona is most numerous in: Apac District, where 59 percent are found, Lira District, where 13 percent are found and Oyam District, where 10 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Agona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Agona last name 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% 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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