The Agee surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,857 people carried this name — #3,304 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 10,595 in 2000.

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In print

Agee in American newspapers,
1895–1919.

Newspaper page from The Record-union carrying the name Agee
The Record-union 1895-05-27
Newspaper page from The Anderson News carrying the name Agee
The Anderson News 1919-01-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 53,820 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Agee in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

166 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Agee. The most, 33, date from the 1970s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 40
ACT (Canberra) 33
Victoria 26
Western Australia 22
Queensland 20
South Australia 9
Tasmania 9

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Agee.

Who carried it

People named Agee,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alfred W. Agee 1850–1938 · judge
  • Walter Robertson Agee 1905–1980
  • James Agee 1909–1955 · screenwriter
  • Sam Agee 1915–2006 · American football player
  • Warren Kendall Agee 1916–2005 · university teacher
  • Philip Agee 1935–2008 · whistleblower

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Agee,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States485 records

485 records of the Agee name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 363
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 98
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Glen C. Agee

    Born 1913 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; driver from Greene County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Springfield National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Charles Agee

    Born 1944; from Lindsey, Ohio. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Earnest J. Agee

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1938, died 2000; buried at South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 485 records for Agee in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia11 records

11 records of the Agee name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Robert Agee

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Augusta Jessie, arriving 1840; certificate of freedom 1851.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Robert Agee

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Augusta Jesse, arriving 1840; ticket of leave 1847.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Low Agee

    Left Launceston in 1853 aboard the Yarra Yarra, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Agee in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

France4 records

4 records of the Agee name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean-Baptiste Antoine Agee

    Born 1929 in Montmorin; died 1998 in Cournon-d'Auvergne (Puy-de-Dôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Simonne Emilienne Marie Agee

    Born 1936 in Thiers; died 1997 in Cébazat (Puy-de-Dôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Paul Lucien Agee

    Born 1904 in Saint-Flour; died 1981 in Thiers (Puy-de-Dôme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Agee in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Agee name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Douglas Agee

    Died 1943 in Wijnjeterp, aged 19; "vliegenier".

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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