Agee
A surname with several possible origins, most likely from a nickname or an Anglicized European name rather than a single clear English source.
The #3,304 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 28,437 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Agee is not a surname with one universally accepted origin. In English contexts it is often treated as a nickname-type surname, but it can also represent an Anglicized form of a French or Irish name that was reshaped in spelling and pronunciation after migration. Because the spelling is relatively short and uncommon, it may have arisen independently in more than one place.
History
The surname is best known in the United States, where it is relatively uncommon but established. American usage likely reflects several small immigrant streams and later spelling stabilization rather than a single medieval family line. The name is especially familiar because of the American novelist and journalist James Agee (1909–1955).
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Fun fact
James Agee helped make the surname widely recognizable in modern American letters.
Notable people named Agee
- James Agee (1909–1955)
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