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    The surname Aga

    A Norwegian occupational surname, carried by 565 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A200

    Aga: #39,004 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Aga #39,004, 565 people Aga: #39,004 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Aga #39,004, 565 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Aga is more common than 76% of them.

    Origin

    Norwegian origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Norwegian Aga, a habitational surname of uncertain derivation. * Borrowed from Turkish Ağa, an occupational surname from ağa (“lord; chief, boss”). * Borrowed from Amharic አጋ (ʾäga).

    Aga is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 565 people named Aga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 546,452 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 358.

    #39,004
    rank among US surnames
    565
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +57.8%
    change since 2000 (was #54,020)

    Who is named Aga

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    53% of people named Aga identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 7.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Aga

    Aga has the Soundex code A200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A200.

    Other Norwegian surnames

    All 31 Norwegian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Aga come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Norwegian Aga, a habitational surname of uncertain derivation. * Borrowed from Turkish Ağa, an occupational surname from ağa (“lord; chief, boss”). * Borrowed from Amharic አጋ (ʾäga).
    How common is the surname Aga?
    565 people in the United States had the surname Aga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 546,452 Americans. It ranked 39,004th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Aga?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Aga identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Aga?
    Aga is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Aga getting more or less common?
    More common. 358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 565 in 2010, up 58%.