Edgar Surname
Approximately 43,393 people bear this surname
Edgar Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Edgar.'
William Edger (sic), Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Edgar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,463 | 1:22,017 | 2,762 |
| England | 6,614 | 1:8,424 | 1,233 |
| Australia | 3,852 | 1:7,008 | 1,033 |
| Canada | 3,210 | 1:11,478 | 1,715 |
| Scotland | 2,307 | 1:2,321 | 431 |
| Angola | 1,972 | 1:13,686 | 1,647 |
| Tanzania | 1,605 | 1:32,985 | 3,878 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,166 | 1:1,582 | 337 |
| New Zealand | 768 | 1:5,896 | 975 |
| South Africa | 503 | 1:107,709 | 12,978 |
| Nigeria | 405 | 1:437,390 | 22,495 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Mexico | 354 | 1:350,639 | 7,381 |
| Portugal | 321 | 1:32,456 | 2,021 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Philippines | 213 | 1:475,297 | 57,049 |
| Saint Lucia | 194 | 1:922 | 177 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Kenya | 150 | 1:307,866 | 19,317 |
| Micronesia | 136 | 1:781 | 191 |
| Ecuador | 135 | 1:117,821 | 6,546 |
| Wales | 133 | 1:23,267 | 2,460 |
| Jamaica | 131 | 1:21,908 | 1,850 |
| Brazil | 109 | 1:1,963,985 | 62,590 |
| Russia | 104 | 1:1,385,799 | 97,149 |
| Grenada | 103 | 1:1,054 | 198 |
| Sweden | 102 | 1:96,537 | 7,015 |
| France | 96 | 1:691,903 | 87,871 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85 | 1:95,926 | 12,852 |
| India | 79 | 1:9,709,688 | 189,874 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Germany | 77 | 1:1,045,525 | 70,954 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 75 | 1:18,186 | 2,188 |
| Latvia | 66 | 1:31,061 | 4,765 |
| Argentina | 56 | 1:763,275 | 51,263 |
| Israel | 55 | 1:155,593 | 16,202 |
| Malaysia | 49 | 1:601,923 | 29,168 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Spain | 44 | 1:1,062,546 | 38,570 |
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| Peru | 41 | 1:775,223 | 17,111 |
| United Arab Emirates | 38 | 1:241,112 | 17,024 |
| Denmark | 37 | 1:152,560 | 13,318 |
| Thailand | 37 | 1:1,909,144 | 231,790 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Lithuania | 25 | 1:121,384 | 14,277 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 1:7,145,755 | 40,003 |
| Colombia | 24 | 1:1,990,586 | 12,178 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:5,221 | 1,083 |
| Armenia | 18 | 1:162,788 | 4,827 |
| Guatemala | 16 | 1:1,005,167 | 5,285 |
| Honduras | 15 | 1:587,763 | 3,647 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Japan | 10 | 1:12,784,429 | 45,945 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Guyana | 9 | 1:84,691 | 6,279 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 8 | 1:6,822 | 652 |
| Ireland | 7 | 1:672,706 | 15,999 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 1:1,047,926 | 4,985 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Marshall Islands | 6 | 1:8,637 | 1,214 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 888 | 1:4,989 | 839 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,393 | 1:10,186 | 1,543 |
| Scotland | 2,179 | 1:1,718 | 314 |
| Wales | 56 | 1:28,007 | 1,576 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:4,324 | 761 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,279 | 1:15,315 | 1,963 |
The alternate forms: Édgar (1) & Edgár (1) are calculated separately.
Edgar (1,793,072) may also be a first name.
Edgar Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Edgar.'
William Edger (sic), Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
From the Old English personal name Eadgar, rendered 'happy spear. Perhaps the first of the name recorded in Scotland is Eadgar, king of Scots, seventh son of Malcolm III, who reigned from 1097—1107. The Edgars of Nithsdale, notwithstanding their Old English name are of Gaelic origin. Other Edgars held lands in Berwickshire of the earls of Dunbar. Edgar, son of Duvenald, son of Dunegal of Stranid (Strath Nith), held extensive lands in Nithsdale during the reign of William the Lion, and his descendants assumed the surname of Edgar. About the year 1200 this Edgar granted the church of Kyllosbern and the church of Mortun in Strehtun to the Abbey of Kelso (Kelso, 340,347). Richard Edgar of Wedderbie, a witness at the second marriage of King Robert Bruce, who possessed the castle and half the barony of Sanchar or Seneschar in Upper Nithsdale during that king's reign (Ross, Heraldic plates; RMS., I, 27) is probably Richard Edgar who was sheriff of Dumfries 1329 (ER., I, p. 123), and the Ricardus Edger who witnessed a royal charter of the lands of Dalmakeran, c. 1316—18 (Annandale, I, p. 132). Thomas Edzear or Odeir had a charter of the lands of Kildonan in the Rynes from Robert I (RMS., I, App. II, 681). Donald Edzear acquired from David II the captainship of the Clanmacgowin in Nithsdale (ibid., App. II, 982), and Richard filius Ricardi dictus Edger had a charter of the land of Kyrckepatric (ibid., I, 94). John Edzer was retoured heir in lands in parish of Colwen (Colvend), 1618 (Retours, Kirkcudbright, 139). Aeggar, king of Scots, a. 1189, Edgaii 1673, Edgear 1508, Edyear 1591, Edzair 1574, Edzaire 1516, Edzare 1602, Edzeare 1591, Eger 1686. In the North of Ireland spelled Eager.
(English) Blessed Spear [Anglo-Saxon Eádgár—eád, prosperity, blessedness + gár, a spear] Eádgár was one of the commonest of Anglo-Saxon personal names.
(English) Descendant of Edgar (rich, spear).
Eadgar, a well-known and royal personal name among the A-Saxons. There are probably several distinct families of this designation. The Scottish family deduce themselves from Gospatrick, earl of Northumberland, temp. William I., who was a kinsman of Eadgar Atheling, and a descendant of king Eadgar, great grandson of Alfred the Great. The Edgars of Suffolk claim from a John Edgar of Dunwich, living in 1237. B.L.G.
Happy, blessed.
(Saxon.) From Eadigar, happy or blessed; honor.
A. Edgard; in the Domesday Book, Edgar; a personal name.
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Edgar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edgar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Edgar (Arabic: آدغار, Georgian: ედგარ, Hindi: एडगर, Marathi: एडगर, Oriya: ଏଡଗାର, Russian: Эдгар) is found most in The United States. It can appear as a variant: Édgar or Edgár. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Edgar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 12,921st most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 167,943 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Edgar reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 371st most widely held first name world-wide, held by 1,793,072 people.
The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 16,463 people, or 1 in 22,017. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 10 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and Missouri, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 128 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.
Edgar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Edgar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Edgar surname grew 502 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 276 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 106 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 238 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Edgar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Edgar last name is principally Presbyterian (59%) in Ireland, Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Edgar last name are 14.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.86% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Edgar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 95.32% more than the national average, earning 675,957 kr per year; in Peru they earn 220.41% more than the national average, earning S/. 62,111 per year; in South Africa they earn 141.7% more than the national average, earning R 574,368 per year; in Colombia they earn 24.38% less than the national average, earning $17,168,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.82% more than the national average, earning $43,503 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.95% more than the national average, earning $53,134 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Edgar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edgar in the Georgian language | ||
| ედგარ | edgar | - |
| Edgar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏଡଗାର | edagara | - |
| Edgar in the Hindi language | ||
| एडगर | edagara | 95.24 |
| एड़गर | eragara | 4.76 |
| Edgar in the Marathi language | ||
| एडगर | edagara | 75.36 |
| इदगर | idagara | 4.35 |
| एडगार | edagara | 2.9 |
| एदगार | edagara | 2.9 |
| इडगर | idagara | 2.9 |
| ईडगर | idagara | 2.9 |
| एगर | egara | 1.45 |
| Edgar in the Russian language | ||
| Эдгар | edgar | - |
| Edgar in the Arabic language | ||
| آدغار | adghar | - |
| أدغار | adghar | - |
| إدغار | adghar | - |
| ادغر | adghr | - |
| ادجار | adjar | - |
| ادغار | adghar | - |
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