# Agar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/agar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,149 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,404 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 268,708 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (1,084 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Agar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Agar in the United States, Argentina and Australia.

## People named Agar

- John Agar, American actor (1921-2002)
- Eileen Agar, British-Argentinian painter, photographer (1899–1991)
- Ashton Agar, Australian cricketer
- Herbert Agar, American journalist (1897-1980)
- Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat (1928–2014)

## Similar surnames

Aguiar, Azar, Ager, Aguirre, Asher, Acker, Aguero, Acree, Auger, Aker, Acharya, Asaro.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.