How common is the surname Agyemang?

1,023 people in the United States had the surname Agyemang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. It ranked 24,466th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Agyemang?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Agyemang identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Agyemang?

Patrick Agyemang, American soccer player (born 2000).

Where is the surname Agyemang most common?

Wikidata records people named Agyemang in the United States.

Is the surname Agyemang getting more or less common?

More common. 463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,023 in 2010, up 121%.

The surname Agyemang

An Akan surname, carried by 1,023 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Agyemang is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

Akan origin

Borrowed from Akan.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,023 people named Agyemang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. That is up 121% since 2000, when the Census counted 463.

#24,466

rank among US surnames

1,023

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+121%

change since 2000 (was #43,875)

Who is named Agyemang

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

97% of people named Agyemang identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
White (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Agyemangs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Patrick Agyemang
American soccer player (born 2000)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Agyeman

Agyemang has the Soundex code A255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A255.

Questions

Where does the surname Agyemang come from?: Borrowed from Akan.
How common is the surname Agyemang?: 1,023 people in the United States had the surname Agyemang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,804 Americans. It ranked 24,466th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Agyemang?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Agyemang identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Agyemang?: Patrick Agyemang, American soccer player (born 2000).
Where is the surname Agyemang most common?: Wikidata records people named Agyemang in the United States.
Is the surname Agyemang getting more or less common?: More common. 463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,023 in 2010, up 121%.
What are other spellings of Agyemang?: Agyeman.