Agnew
English
editEtymology
editTwo possible origins:
- Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Agneaux, in Normandy.
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gnímh (“descendant of Gníomh”), a byname from gníomh (“action, deed, act”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAgnew (countable and uncountable, plural Agnews)
- A surname.
- (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
- An unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Ottawa County, Michigan, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Agnew is the 3602nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9856 individuals. Agnew is most common among White (68.08%) and Black/African American (26.36%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Agnew”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Norman
- English terms derived from Irish
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Unincorporated communities in Illinois, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Michigan, USA
- en:Places in Michigan, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Nebraska, USA
- en:Places in Nebraska, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Washington, USA
- en:Places in Washington, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- English surnames from Norman
- English surnames from Irish