Edgar is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Edgar
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: From Saxon Eadigar, happy or blessed; honor

How popular is Edgar?

Edgar is common in United States.

Edgar is ranked 9347 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Edgar bearers increased by 2.481261 per cent in 2010 US census to 11895 since 2000, the surname slipped by 181 spots and ranked at 3014. The last name was found in around 40 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.41 89.76
Black 4.78 4.24
Hispanic or Latino 4.12 3.17
Others 1.88 1.52
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.34 0.8
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.52
Edgar is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Micronesia is ahead in terms of density. Around 57729 people have been found who wears Edgar as their family name. Edgar is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,296 Guyana9
6,940 Japan8
648 Northern Mariana Islands8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
6,235 Costa Rica7
1,193 Marshall Islands7
98,953 Belarus7
5,340 Iceland6
7,031 China6
812 Monaco5
59,967 Moldova4
14,400 Uzbekistan3
9,500 Ghana3
3,340 Jamaica3
25,074 Greece3
2,915 Paraguay3
22,232 Morocco3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
485 Dominica2
6,353 Panama2
993 Guernsey2
1,834 Malta2
2,794 El Salvador2
2,617 Cambodia2
14,408 Uruguay2
2,705 Togo2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
13,552 Qatar2
10,284 Kuwait2
65,594 Belgium2
10,858 Tunisia2
10,190 Bahrain1
174,544 Czech Republic1
2,578 Guam1
12,270 Lebanon1
28,746 Algeria1
10,958 Bangladesh1
6,688 Malawi1
9,116 Nicaragua1
5,916 Mozambique1
7,895 South Korea1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
2,613 The Bahamas1
53,505 Turkey1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
15,705 Cameroon1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
8,181 Botswana1
1,879 Belize1
734 Chad1
25,721 Egypt1
3,214 Niger1
11,486 Estonia1
4,171 Rwanda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
15,525 Norway46
12,527 Denmark44
595 Jersey28
4,169 Cyprus26
4,313 Armenia23
50,826 Zimbabwe19
9,757 Nigeria15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
324 Saint Lucia99
25,821 Netherlands97
208 Grenada90
19,740 Romania84
2,858 Hong Kong83
4,308 Ireland82
31,095 Spain79
72,056 Italy78
77,724 Ukraine58
2,637 Trinidad and Tobago57
132,150 Indonesia56
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Edgar:
346 Northern Ireland978
2,796 Colombia891
6,252 Kenya863
12,572 Germany807
18,492 Philippines773
6,641 Pakistan754
1,057 New Zealand679
2,154 Guatemala615
4,524 Peru598
3,450 Venezuela552
4,870 Malaysia455
2,082 Portugal314
32,528 France306
3,667 Ecuador276
1,600 Wales248
2,955 Bolivia243
22,208 Argentina239
66,412 Russia199
77 Micronesia192
2,926 Dominican Republic180
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
2,223 Latvia146
8,235 Switzerland144
8,390 Israel130
5,599 Lithuania113
2,121 Puerto Rico109
9,004 United Arab Emirates107
9,090 Sweden102
161,127 India101
Countries with thousands of Edgar:
1,259 England6,206
1,139 Uganda5,601
2,472 Mexico3,403
1,695 Canada3,022
1,130 Australia2,785
5,988 Brazil2,337
3,310 South Africa1,954
1,059 Angola1,801
493 Scotland1,752
3,500 Tanzania1,484
Countries with ten thousands of Edgar:
2,715 United States14,807
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 21 years old workman Samuel Edgar who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 26, 1846 by England put out from Liverpool. Carpenter Samuel Edgar, 22 years old John Edgar, Patk. Edgar, aged 21, John Edgar (30) Barrel maker/ cooper, Immigrant James Edgar, Mary Edgar (14) Immigrant, 30 years old Samuel Edgar, Immigrant Michael Edgar, and 43 other Edgar around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Glasgow, Belfast and Limerick.

Comments

R
Ray Cordova
 edgar is an ancient name for baptism became surname of Germanic origin, composed of gari ed wealth and launchers.

Edgar Namesakes

  • Juan Edgardo Ramírez, Soccer player
  • Alvis Edgar Owens, Sr., Buck Owens' father
  • Paul Edgar Alyea, Author
  • Cristian Edgardo Amado, Soccer player
  • Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo, Author
  • Mary Annese Edgar, Frankie Edgar's mother
  • Eric Edgar Cooke, Serial Killer
  • J. Edgar Hoover, Political figure
  • George Edgar Slusser, Writer
  • Stanley Edgar Hyman, Writer

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