Edgar

Edgar is the 3,112th most common surname in the United States, shared by 11,278 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 26,500.

By the numbers

People: 11,278
Rank: 3,112th
How common: 1 in 26,500
Per 100,000: 3.8

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Edgar described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 84.2%
Black, not Hispanic 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino 4.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Edgar

Daisy Edgar-Jones (born 1998)British actress
Frankie Edgar (born 1981)American mixed martial artist
David Edgar (born 1987)Canadian soccer player
Ross Edgar (born 1983)Scottish cyclist
Jim Edgar (1946–2025)American politician
Elizabeth Edgar (1929–2019)New Zealand botanist
David Edgar (born 1950)American swimmer
Jonny Edgar (born 2004)British racing driver

People named Edgar with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Edgar

Also a first name

Edgar has been given to 157,919 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2005. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.