How common is the surname August?

6,456 people in the United States had the surname August in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,823 Americans. It ranked 5,389th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named August?

John August, American film director and screenwriter, followed by Edwin August.

Where is the surname August most common?

Wikidata records people named August in the United States and South Africa.

How do you pronounce August?

August is /ˈɔ.ɡəst/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname August getting more or less common?

More common. 6,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,456 in 2010, up 6.1%.

Is August also a first name?

Yes. August is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname August

A Latin surname, carried by 6,456 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɔ.ɡəst/ 2 syllables Soundex A223 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). August is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos (“increase”), from Proto-Italic *augos, from Proto-Indo-European base *h₂ewg- (“to increase”); or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre (“to chatter”). Doublet of august and Augustus.

One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,456 people named August in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,823 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,082.

#5,389

rank among US surnames

6,456

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,265)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,384	Pablo	6,462	47,779
#5,386	Witmer	6,461	47,786
#5,388	Rigby	6,458	47,808
#5,389	August	6,456	47,823

Who is named August

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

65% of people named August identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Augusts

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John August
American film director and screenwriter, born 1970
Edwin August
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter (1883-1964)
Bradley August
Association footballer, born 1978
Joseph H. August
American cinematographer and co-founder of the American Society of Cinematographers (1890-
Andrew August
American cyclist, born 2005

Notable Augusts come mostly from the United States (4) and South Africa (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Aug
Aguste
Augost

Surnames that sound like August

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

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname August come from?: Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos (“increase”), from Proto-Italic *augos, from…
How common is the surname August?: 6,456 people in the United States had the surname August in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,823 Americans. It ranked 5,389th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname August?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named August identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named August?: John August, American film director and screenwriter, followed by Edwin August.
Where is the surname August most common?: Wikidata records people named August in the United States and South Africa.
How do you pronounce August?: August is /ˈɔ.ɡəst/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname August getting more or less common?: More common. 6,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,456 in 2010, up 6.1%.
What are other spellings of August?: Aug, Aguste and Augost.
Is August also a first name?: Yes. August is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.