Allgood Surname

63,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,836 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Allgood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Algod,' a forgotten personal name. Allgood, like Thoroughgood and Toogood, seems very complimentary, but it is without doubt a baptismal name, as are they. I see Lower says Algod occurs as a personal name before Domesday (Patr.

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Allgood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,0881:51,1376,171
England5141:108,40111,277
Australia1331:202,97519,846
Canada471:783,94961,790
Northern Ireland121:153,7538,250
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Scotland61:892,30328,047
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
France11:66,422,722504,397
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2261:107,85610,669
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7141:70,3347,592

Allgood (37) may also be a first name.

Allgood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Algod,' a forgotten personal name. Allgood, like Thoroughgood and Toogood, seems very complimentary, but it is without doubt a baptismal name, as are they. I see Lower says Algod occurs as a personal name before Domesday (Patr. Brit).

William Algod, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Algold, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Ralph Algod, Kent, ibid.

1570. Richard Algood and Sence Dunn: Marriage Lic. (London).

1575. James Morton and Jane Algood: Marriage Lic. (London).

Bartholomew Algood, vicar of Wyken, Norfolk, 1679: History of Norfolk.

John Allgoode or Algode, adm. B.A., June 30, 1449: Register of the University of Oxford.

1786. Married — Henry Algood and Hannah Lloyd: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Algod occurs before Domesd. as a personal name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Saxon.) The same as the English All—good.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(English), All good. Altrue, All true.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

From the Old Norse, Hallgerðr; from the German, Alger; from the Danish, Hallegar; from the Flemish, Allegaert; from the Dutch, Allgäuer; in the Domesday Book, Algar, Algod; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Allgood Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Allgood Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Allgood is most common in The United States. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Allgood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 63,895th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 930,008 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Allgood are found; 81 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Allgood is also the 1,688,769th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 37 people.

The last name Allgood is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 7,088 people, or 1 in 51,137. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Georgia, where 16 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and North Carolina, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 28 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Allgood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Allgood has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 993 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 227 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 87 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Allgood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States Allgood are 23.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.34% being registered with the party.

The amount Allgood earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 1.27% more than the national average, earning $43,699 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46.08% more than the national average, earning $72,577 CAD per year.

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Allad671,231/
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Olood6758/
Galod6736/
Halod6729/
Algoi6724/
Algud6719/
Algoz6716/
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