How common is the surname Agosto?

5,619 people in the United States had the surname Agosto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,947 Americans. It ranked 6,103rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Agosto?

Benjamin Agosto, American ice dancer.

Where is the surname Agosto most common?

Wikidata records people named Agosto in the United States.

Is the surname Agosto getting more or less common?

More common. 4,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,619 in 2010, up 24%.

The surname Agosto

A Spanish surname, carried by 5,619 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A223

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Agosto is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Agosto.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,619 people named Agosto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,947 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,519.

#6,103

rank among US surnames

5,619

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+24.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,860)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,098	Coria	5,625	54,888
#6,100	Franzen	5,621	54,927
#6,102	Elizalde	5,620	54,937
#6,103	Agosto	5,619	54,947
#6,104	Laroche	5,618	54,956

Who is named Agosto

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

86% of people named Agosto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
White (not Hispanic) 11%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Agostos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Benjamin Agosto
American ice dancer, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Agosto

Agosto has the Soundex code A223, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A223.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Agosto come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Agosto.
How common is the surname Agosto?: 5,619 people in the United States had the surname Agosto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,947 Americans. It ranked 6,103rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Agosto?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Agosto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Agosto?: Benjamin Agosto, American ice dancer.
Where is the surname Agosto most common?: Wikidata records people named Agosto in the United States.
Is the surname Agosto getting more or less common?: More common. 4,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,619 in 2010, up 24%.