How common is the surname Agar?

1,149 people in the United States had the surname Agar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,708 Americans. It ranked 22,404th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Agar?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Agar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Agar?

John Agar, American actor (1921-2002), followed by Eileen Agar.

Where is the surname Agar most common?

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

Is the surname Agar getting more or less common?

More common. 1,084 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,149 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Agar

A surname, carried by 1,149 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Agar is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,149 people named Agar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 268,708 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,084.

#22,404

rank among US surnames

1,149

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #22,212)

Who is named Agar

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

86% of people named Agar identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Agars

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Agar
American actor (1921-2002)
Eileen Agar
British-Argentinian painter, photographer (1899–1991)
Ashton Agar
Australian cricketer, born 1993
Herbert Agar
American journalist (1897-1980)
Shirley Temple
American actress and diplomat (1928–2014)

Notable Agars come mostly from the United States (3), Argentina (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Agar

Agar has the Soundex code A260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A260.

Questions

How common is the surname Agar?: 1,149 people in the United States had the surname Agar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,708 Americans. It ranked 22,404th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Agar?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Agar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Agar?: John Agar, American actor (1921-2002), followed by Eileen Agar.
Where is the surname Agar most common?: Wikidata records people named Agar in the United States, Argentina and Australia.
Is the surname Agar getting more or less common?: More common. 1,084 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,149 in 2010, up 6.0%.