August is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: August
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning: From Auguste, the French form of Augustus.

How popular is August?

August is common in Germany.

August is ranked 18095 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of August bearers increased by 6.149293 per cent in 2010 US census to 6456 since 2000, the surname slipped by 124 spots and ranked at 5389. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.13 70.27
Black 27.29 23.23
Hispanic or Latino 4.31 2.94
Others 2.04 2.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.93 0.56
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.29 0.51
August is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Belize is ahead in terms of density. Around 28866 people have been found who wears August as their family name. August is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
946 Papua New Guinea5
5,332 Estonia3
46,068 Philippines3
108,034 Italy3
3,752 Iraq3
14,078 Japan3
32,695 Nigeria3
16,605 Austria3
78,945 Argentina3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
2,754 Namibia3
6,270 Hong Kong3
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
17,692 Armenia2
4,164 Vietnam2
3,014 Taiwan2
10,183 Jordan2
10,284 Kuwait2
28,232 Morocco2
11,224 Cameroon2
12,172 Ghana2
3,871 Paraguay2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
14,621 Croatia2
65,594 Belgium2
25,721 Egypt1
9,116 Nicaragua1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
6,033 Benin1
42,479 Greece1
16,228 Bulgaria1
34,581 Chile1
25,746 Finland1
3,993 El Salvador1
9,498 Iceland1
29,595 Iran1
6,212 Jamaica1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
4,171 Rwanda1
24,176 Qatar1
2,613 The Bahamas1
53,505 Turkey1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
17,768 Pakistan1
18,969 Wales1
2,057 Myanmar1
15,162 Costa Rica1
1,179 Swaziland1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
3,075 Cyprus34
9,620 Singapore30
338,264 India29
32,811 Sweden29
70,042 Kazakhstan29
23,443 Norway26
14,963 Scotland26
11,387 Ireland22
71,920 Spain22
4,647 Thailand21
682 Marshall Islands17
272 British Virgin Islands15
60,256 Czech Republic15
64,976 Belarus13
29,987 Moldova12
3,605 China12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,321 Israel94
19,740 Romania84
33,970 Netherlands66
26,277 Zimbabwe54
Countries with hundreds of August:
14,931 Brazil890
7,959 Poland764
50 Belize747
10,767 England586
7,179 Canada584
1,940 New Zealand388
55,959 Russia246
3,873 Guatemala246
11,611 Australia240
45,235 France220
3,253 Lithuania180
8,460 Venezuela176
794 Guyana173
13,194 Malaysia126
71,613 Indonesia118
27,127 Mexico105
9,561 Colombia105
5,770 Denmark103
49,503 Ukraine101
Countries with thousands of August:
5,043 United States7,862
1,051 South Africa6,283
987 Tanzania5,278
3,498 Germany2,522
Show Full Last Name Distribution

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Spinster Catherine August from Ireland aboard the Vandalia from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 20 years old when she arrived in USA on June 29, 1848.

Comments

M
Madelene Davy
The origin of the name is Indo-European etymology of the name comes from the Latin meaning revered auctus this name is the name of an ancestor, august auctus comes from the Latin meaning revered.

August Namesakes

  • In 2015 drama film, The Academy, Rob August played Mike.

Related Family Names: