Explore the Family Name Agner

The meaning of Agner

1. Danish: from the Nordic personal name Aginharu, composed of the elements agior ‘sword’ + haru ‘warrior’. 2. South German: variant of Egner.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Agner in the United States?

The surname Agner, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, dipped slightly in popularity between 2000 and 2010. It fell from a ranking of 24,763 to 25,751, representing a decrease of approximately 4 percent. Despite this drop in rank, the overall count of individuals with this surname increased marginally from 944 to 957, marking a growth rate of about 1.38 percent. The proportion of the population bearing this surname per 100,000 people also saw a slight decline, dropping by 8.57 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,763	#25,751	-3.99%
Count	944	957	1.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.35	0.32	-8.57%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Agner

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Agner surname identify as White, with a slight increase of 0.31 percent between 2000 and 2010. During the same period, there was a notable decline in the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, decreasing by 29.28 percent. There was also a small decrease in the Black population, falling by 1.26 percent. In a new development between the two census years, some individuals began identifying with two or more races. However, the Hispanic representation disappeared entirely, and there continued to be no representation from American Indian and Alaskan Native populations within the Agner surname group.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.96%	94.25%	0.31%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.22%	1.57%	-29.28%
Black	1.59%	1.57%	-1.26%
Two or More Races	0%	1.36%	0%
Hispanic	1.48%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%