Agnew is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Agnew
No. of characters: 5
Origin: France
Meaning: Most certainly from the town of Agneau in Normandy which signifies a lamb in Northern France, whence the family originated. They went from England into Ireland with Strongbow,

How popular is Agnew?

Agnew is common in United States.

Agnew is ranked 19444 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Agnew bearers increased by 2.198258 per cent in 2010 US census to 9856 since 2000, the surname slipped by 204 spots and ranked at 3602. The last name was found in around 33 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 68.08 70.46
Black 26.36 25.43
Others 2.4 1.59
Hispanic or Latino 2.26 1.63
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.37
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.34 0.53
Agnew is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 26780 people have been found who wears Agnew as their family name. Agnew is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,633 Czech Republic9
5,340 Iceland6
720,003 Russia4
119,730 Brazil3
1,219,338 India3
661,536 Indonesia3
108,034 Italy3
95,312 Argentina2
31,767 Greece2
4,104 South Korea2
21,529 Singapore2
18,625 Japan2
6,900 Oman2
40,256 Mexico2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
26,123 Malaysia2
18,718 Thailand2
16,228 Bulgaria1
13,606 Senegal1
37,493 Austria1
37,779 Serbia1
492,292 Ukraine1
10,683 Cyprus1
10,958 Bangladesh1
6,149 Ethiopia1
7,941 Guatemala1
8,859 Iraq1
799 British Virgin Islands1
49,529 Israel1
17,575 Kuwait1
66,560 Philippines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
5,589 Sudan1
2,374 Bermuda1
13,447 Uganda1
34,581 Chile1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
46,313 Spain43
52,530 Belgium22
42,407 Sweden22
69,202 Netherlands18
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,075 Panama98
3,257 Hong Kong71
17,456 Switzerland63
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
Countries with hundreds of Agnew:
677 New Zealand992
1,059 Ireland579
1,760 Namibia203
1,965 Wales203
71,225 Germany134
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Agnew:
2,237 England3,571
1,334 Australia2,364
2,297 Canada2,180
187 Northern Ireland1,657
608 Scotland1,385
5,624 South Africa1,151
Countries with ten thousands of Agnew:
3,431 United States11,720
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Robert Agnew was 22 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 1, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took John Robert from Liverpool. Workman William Agnew, 26 years old Robert Agnew, 18 years old John Agnew, 20 years old Rose Agnew, Infant Mary-Ann Agnew, Andrew Agnew, aged 25, Workwoman Ellen Agnew, Edward Agnew (5), and 135 other Agnew around 46.15% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, weaver, mechanic, tailoress, servant migrated to US.

Agnew Namesakes

  • Spiro Agnew, Former Vice President of the United States
  • Jonathan Agnew, Cricketer
  • Chloë Agnew, Singer
  • Todd Agnew, Musician
  • Harold Agnew, Physicist
  • Alex Agnew, Stand-up comedian
  • Paul Agnew, Operatic tenor
  • Rikk Agnew, Singer
  • Scott Agnew, Soccer player
  • Ray Agnew, Football player
  • Daisy Agnew, from 1922 drama flick Gipsy Blood, who portrayed the N.
  • In 2013, Kyle Agnew characterized the role of Gas in drama flick Cowboys and Indians.

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