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The Agresti surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 540 people carried this name — #40,494 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 525 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Agresti surname

A nickname for a peasant or countryman, from agreste (“rural, rustic”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Agresti» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 92 people named Agresti.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 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

Born outside France 29
Bouches-du-Rhône 56
Isère 3
Drôme 1
Saône-et-Loire 1
Var 1
Essonne 1

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 83 people named Agresti 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 43
City of Buenos Aires 25
La Rioja 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Agresti is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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