Argus is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Argus
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Argus

How popular is Argus?

Argus is ranked 132917 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Argus bearers increased by 4.587156 per cent in 2010 US census to 342 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1041 spots and ranked at 59171. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.27 94.19
Black 3.51 2.14
Others 1.46 0
Argus is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Brazil. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Estonia. Around 2942 people have been found who wears Argus as their family name. Argus is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
918,840 India5
661,536 Indonesia3
82,478 South Africa2
65,594 Belgium2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
219,873 France2
131,225 Spain2
120,357 Argentina1
174,544 Czech Republic1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
10,958 Bangladesh1
31,584 Peru1
18,969 Wales1
16,640 Hong Kong1
11,510 Oman1
17,768 Pakistan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
16,073 Latvia1
58,885 Poland1
24,176 Qatar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
7,895 South Korea1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,553 Taiwan1
153,416 Italy1
6,967 Macedonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
17,064 New Zealand31
57,220 Netherlands27
133,639 Canada18
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,637 Estonia92
155,919 Russia64
Countries with hundreds of Argus:
25,757 Brazil477
6,227 Australia466
56,557 United States457
23,918 Germany437
39,199 Philippines258
21,011 Mexico157
31,070 Turkey140
8,508 Sweden109
15,665 Malaysia101
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Robert Argus from Ireland aboard the Arabella from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in New-York on May 14, 1846.

Argus Namesakes

  • Don Argus, Businessman
  • John Argus, Author
  • George Argus, Author
  • Bob Argus, Football player
  • Frank Argus, Actor
  • Steffan Argus, Singer
  • Alfred Argus, Actor
  • Edwin Argus, Actor
  • Steffan Argus, Singer

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