The Agosta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,201 people carried this name — #21,686 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is down 7% from 1,298 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Agosta surname
An adapted surname derived from Sicilian Agusta, ultimately from Latin augustus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Agosta» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 532 people named Agosta live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 129 people named Agosta.
Most of them — 90 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
43 people named Agosta live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Agosta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mariano Agosta 1850–1927 · painter -
Matteo Agosta 1922–1964 · politician
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Matteo Agosta 1922–1964 · politician
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Alfredo Agosta 1933–1982 · military personnel
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Alfredo Agosta 1933–1982 · military personnel
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William C. Agosta 1933– · chemist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Agosta.
- Agius 518 · U.S. census
- Agnelli 209 · U.S. census
- Agnello 1,556 · U.S. census
- Agnes 753 · U.S. census
- Agnese 171 · U.S. census
- Agopian 342 · U.S. census
- Agosti 311 · U.S. census
- Agostinelli 951 · U.S. census
- Agostinho 234 · U.S. census
- Agostini 2,038 · U.S. census
- Agostino 1,050 · U.S. census
- Agraz 465 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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