Frequency: (575)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Italian and Spanish: from a byname denoting someone born in the month of August, Agosto.
2. Italian: also from the personal name Agosto, Latin Augustus, from augere ‘to increase’ (see Augustus).
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 40%. Jose (13), Juan (10), Manuel (8), Raul (8), Luis (5), Pedro (5), Armando (4), Carlos (4), Maribel (4), Blanca (3), Pablo (3), Rafael (3).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
