How common is the surname Augusta?

1,028 people in the United States had the surname Augusta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Augusta?

Augusta is /əˈɡʌstə/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Augusta getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, down 8.1%.

Is Augusta also a first name?

Yes. Augusta 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 Augusta

An Italian place surname, carried by 1,028 people in the United States.

Pronounced /əˈɡʌstə/ 3 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). Augusta is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty.

Augusta is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,028 people named Augusta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. That is down 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,119.

#24,370

rank among US surnames

1,028

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-8.1%

change since 2000 (was #21,694)

Who is named Augusta

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

62% of people named Augusta identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
Two or more races 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Augusta

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Augusta come from?: From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty.
How common is the surname Augusta?: 1,028 people in the United States had the surname Augusta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Augusta?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Augusta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Augusta?: Augusta is /əˈɡʌstə/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Augusta?: Augusta is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Augusta getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, down 8.1%.
Is Augusta also a first name?: Yes. Augusta 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.