Explore the Family Name Agosta

The meaning of Agosta

Italian: habitational name from a place called Agosta or Augusta, for example Augusta in Syracuse province, Sicily. Compare D’Agosta. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Giovanni, Giuseppe, Salvatore, Santo, Vito, Antonino, Carmelo, Marco, Matteo, Nevio, Nunzio, Mario, Alberto, Orlando, Roberto, Rosario, Teofilo.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Agosta witnessed a decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 19,313 in popularity with a count of 1,298, equating to 0.48 per 100k individuals bearing this surname. However, by 2010, its rank had fallen to 21,686 and the count dropped to 1,201, or 0.41 per 100k, marking a reduction of 12.29% in the rank and 7.47% in the count over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,313	#21,686	-12.29%
Count	1,298	1,201	-7.47%
Proportion per 100k	0.48	0.41	-14.58%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Agosta

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Agosta also exhibited changes between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 87.37% identified as White, 11.02% as Hispanic, while 1% identified with two or more races. There were no recorded instances of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. By 2010, however, there was a slight increase in those identifying as White (88.18%) and a new appearance of Asian/Pacific Islanders at 0.58%. Meanwhile, the proportion of those identifying as Hispanic decreased to 10.24%, and those identifying with two or more races fell to 0.58%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	87.37%	88.18%	0.93%
Hispanic	11.02%	10.24%	-7.08%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.58%	0%
Two or More Races	1%	0.58%	-42%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%