The Agosto surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,619 people carried this name — #6,103 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,600 people counted. That is up 24% from 4,519 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 497 people named Agosto 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 202
Chaco 111
Córdoba 70
Santa Fe 52
City of Buenos Aires 49
Entre Ríos 13

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 35 people named Agosto.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Alpes-Maritimes 12
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Aude 1
Saône-et-Loire 1
Essonne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Agosto live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Ticino 7
Basel-Stadt 5
Graubünden 5
Aargau 4
Basel-Landschaft 4

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.

In print

Agosto in American newspapers,
1851.

Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Agosto
El Pelayo 1851-10-01
Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Agosto
El Pelayo 1851-09-20
Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Agosto
El Pelayo 1851-09-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 77,522 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Agosto,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ippolito Agosto
    Ippolito Agosto 1838–1893 · Catholic priest
  • Franco Agosto 1896–1985 · politician
  • Franco Agosto 1896–1985 · politician
  • Renzo Agosto 1930–2015 · architect
  • Renzo Agosto 1930–2015 · architect

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Agosto,
in the records of 3 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 States199 records

199 records of the Agosto name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 65
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 35
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 21
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record David Agosto

    Born 1924 in Colorado. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alberto Agosto

    Arrived at New York in 1905 aboard the Calabria from Havre, aged 38; shoemaker. From Napoli, Italy; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Berrios A. Agosto

    Born 1932; from Puerto Rico. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 199 records for Agosto in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

France14 records

14 records of the Agosto 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 Gracielle Agosto

    Born 1917 in Tunisia; died 1993 in Toulon (Var).

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

    Born 1922 in Harbouey; died 1997 in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

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

    Born 1948 in Antibes; died 1992 in Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Agosto 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Agosto name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Primo Agosto

    Sailed from Victoria in 1907 aboard the Yorck, bound for Bremen, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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