Agro

See also: agro and agro-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Agro.

Proper noun

Agro (plural Agros)

A surname from Italian.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Agro is the 41886^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 519 individuals. Agro is most common among White (96.53%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Agro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 13.

Italian

Etymology

From agro (“acrid, bitter”), a nickname for a tough individual.

Proper noun

Agro m or f by sense

a surname transferred from the nickname

Further reading

Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024

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