Angus Surname
Approximately 24,226 people bear this surname
Angus Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the former county of Angus (also known as Forfarshire,) in Scotland. The county is said to have been named after, Óengus I, King of the Picts. Angus is derived from the Old Irish, 'Aonghas' (one of strength.) A family of this name apparently migrated to Norfolk and may have adopted the surname on moving from Angus, as sometimes happened in the early modern period.
Read More About This SurnameAngus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,537 | 1:65,461 | 7,638 |
| England | 4,415 | 1:12,620 | 1,870 |
| Australia | 4,032 | 1:6,695 | 984 |
| Canada | 2,645 | 1:13,930 | 2,050 |
| Scotland | 2,346 | 1:2,282 | 423 |
| Philippines | 1,243 | 1:81,447 | 14,101 |
| Jamaica | 994 | 1:2,887 | 448 |
| New Zealand | 672 | 1:6,739 | 1,133 |
| South Africa | 542 | 1:99,959 | 12,125 |
| Nigeria | 323 | 1:548,430 | 26,767 |
| Northern Ireland | 148 | 1:12,466 | 1,827 |
| Ecuador | 139 | 1:114,431 | 6,483 |
| Thailand | 139 | 1:508,190 | 88,691 |
| Guyana | 131 | 1:5,818 | 1,006 |
| Bolivia | 122 | 1:87,020 | 3,711 |
| Papua New Guinea | 72 | 1:113,246 | 15,376 |
| Wales | 72 | 1:42,980 | 4,139 |
| Indonesia | 58 | 1:2,280,159 | 138,233 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Spain | 36 | 1:1,298,668 | 42,856 |
| United Arab Emirates | 34 | 1:269,479 | 19,099 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Israel | 22 | 1:388,983 | 31,283 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Nicaragua | 20 | 1:301,054 | 3,003 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Jersey | 17 | 1:5,835 | 1,193 |
| Hong Kong | 16 | 1:458,468 | 3,288 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 1:6,611 | 774 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 1:381,175 | 50,143 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Panama | 12 | 1:326,022 | 7,351 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 8 | 1:13,797 | 1,930 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 179 | 1:24,748 | 2,681 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2,742 | 1:1,365 | 248 |
| England | 1,550 | 1:15,726 | 2,324 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:87,134 | 3,963 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 919 | 1:54,645 | 6,135 |
The alternate forms: Anguš (73) & Añgus (8) are calculated separately.
Angus (44,212) may also be a first name.
Angus Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the former county of Angus (also known as Forfarshire,) in Scotland. The county is said to have been named after, Óengus I, King of the Picts. Angus is derived from the Old Irish, 'Aonghas' (one of strength.) A family of this name apparently migrated to Norfolk and may have adopted the surname on moving from Angus, as sometimes happened in the early modern period. This family ascended to the Baronetcy of Allin, of Somerleyton, upon the end of its male-line.
- 1381. William de Angus, abbot of Lindores: Petitions to the Pope, Vol. 58
- 1646. Edmund Angus, or Anguish, Norwich, or Drayton, Norfolk: Calendar, Committee for Compounding: Part 2
(1) Gaelic Aonghas or Aonghus, Ir Aonghus, Elr. Oengus, Old Irish Oingus, W. Ungust (Lib. Landav., 201). In Adamnan (V. C., I, 3) the name appears as Oingusius (with alternative reading Oingiissius), the name of the man for whom Columba rophesied a long life and a peaceful end. This last form points to an older Oinogustus 'uniquechoice-one.' The first part of the name is the stem of Gaelic aon 'one, the latter part being the same in root (gu) as English choice, choose. As a forename it is now frequently turned into AEneas, Eneas, and even Ennis. The pronunciation of the name varies considerably in the Gaelic dialects. In South Uist it is Aonas, and Naoghas in Arran, Kintyre, Islay, and Skye. The first of the name recorded in Scotland was Angus, one of the three sons of Eochaidh, who took possession of Isla and Jura. The name of the Pictish king, Onnust filius Urgust, who died c. 761. is the same. In the different versions of the Pictish and Scots chronicles his name is miswritten Hungus, Denegus, Tenegus, Tenogus, and Tonogus (CPS., p. 150,173, 201,286, 301). With the Macdonalds of Islay Angus was a favorite personal name, and it is possible that the Macinneses were a branch of that family. Angus, son of Somerled c. 1150 (Ork. Saga, 110). Angus mac Dunec' was one of the perambulators of the lands of Balfeith or Balphe in Angus c. 1204—1211 (RAA., I, p. 60). Anggues 1588. (2) of local origin from the district of the name. Serlo de Anegus witnessed a composition anent the tithes of Strathylif in 1229 (REM., p. 87). Eva de Anegos of the county of Forfare rendered homage in 1296 (Sain, II, p. 199). William de Anegus was a Scots prisoner taken at Dunbar Castle in 1297, and Edward de Anegous and Laurence of Angus were Scots prisoners taken in the capture of Stirling Castle in 1305 (ibid., II, 877, 1089, 1641, 1644). Michael of Angous, a Scotsman, in 1358, "was foremost at the last capture of the town of Berwick by the Scots, and leapt over the walls the night it was taken" (ibid., IV, p. 6). He may be the Michael of Angus who served on an inquest at Berwick-on-Tweed in 1370 (ibid., IV, 175). William de Angus was abbot of Londoris (Lindores) in 1391 (RMS., I, 852), David Angus witnessed a charter by Archibald, earl of Douglas in 1470 (Home, p. 22), John Angus of the convent of Dunfermline is mentioned in 1555 (Laing, 633), Andrew Anguis was a beidman in Edinburgh in 1573 (Soltre, p. 226), and George Fife Angas, the father and founder of South Australia, was of Scottish descent. Several of the name occur in the Rental Book of the Cistercian Abbey of Cupar-Angus. Angowss 1570, Anguss 1456.
(Celtic) 1 Unique Strength. [Irish Aengus and Gaelic Aengus, Aong(h)us-aen, aon, one + gus, strength, valour].
Aengus is a name which has been in Ireland from the earliest period. One of the most celebrated of our mythical characters was the great Dedannan enchanter, Aengus an Bhrogha, i.e., Aengus of the Brug on the Boyne; and Aengus was the name of one of the three brothers-sons of Erc-who led a colony to Scotland in the year 506, and founded the Scottish monarchy ... In Ireland it is still in use as a personal name, but nearly always changed to Aeneas.
Joyce, Irish Names, II. 154.
2 belonging to Angus (or Forfar, believed to be named from the eighth-century Pictish king Aengus.
(Scottish) Descendant of Angus (one choice); one who came from the district of Angus (said to be named after Angus, king of the Picts), the ancient name of Forfarshire.
The ancient name of Forfarshire, in Scotland.
Local: from the county of Angus.
Local. A county of Scotland, sometimes called Forfarshire, and took its name, according to Halloran, from Aongus Fer, grandson to Carbre Riada, who, with others, invaded the modern Scotland, A. D. 498. Angus or Aongus is derived from Aon, excellent, noble, and gais, boldness, valor.
Angus Demographics
Angus Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Angus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Angus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Angus (Arabic: أنغس, Georgian: ანგუს, Hindi: अंगुस, Marathi: अंगस, Russian: Ангус) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Anguš or Añgus. Click here for further potential spellings of Angus.
How Common Is The Last Name Angus? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 22,417th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 300,815 people. The last name Angus occurs mostly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Angus are found; 34 percent are found in North America and 33 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 20,455th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 44,212 people.
The surname Angus is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 5,537 people, or 1 in 65,461. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 10 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 88 countries. It is also common in England, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 17 percent live.
Angus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Angus has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 603 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 285 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 14 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Angus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Presbyterian (84%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Angus last name are 10.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.23% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Angus earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 69.08% less than the national average, earning S/. 5,994 per year; in South Africa they earn 12.63% more than the national average, earning R 267,648 per year; in United States they earn 7.92% more than the national average, earning $46,566 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.86% more than the national average, earning $55,573 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Angus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Angus in the Georgian language | ||
| ანგუს | angus | - |
| Angus in the Marathi language | ||
| अंगस | angasa | - |
| Angus in the Hindi language | ||
| अंगुस | angusa | 50 |
| अंगूस | angusa | 50 |
| Angus in the Russian language | ||
| Ангус | angus | - |
| Angus in the Arabic language | ||
| أنغس | anghs | - |
| انجس | anjs | - |
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