How rare is the last name Edgar?

11,278 people in the United States have the last name Edgar, about 1 in 26,503. It ranks #3,112 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

EDGAR

#3,112

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,278
About
1 in 26,503
This common or more
53%
Who bears it

Of the 11,278 people with the last name Edgar, 84.2% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Black and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Edgar

#3,110 Bigelow · 11,283#3,111 Cason · 11,281#3,113 Rains · 11,275#3,113 Rivero · 11,275

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Edgar, most common first.

#49,150 Edger · 463

Also a first name

As a first name, Edgar ranks #428 of 53,615, with 132,092 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2005, with 2,459 births. See Edgar as a first name

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