Agnew

Two possible origins:

• Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Agneaux, in Normandy.
• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gnímh (“descendant of Gníomh”), a byname from gníomh (“action, deed, act”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæɡ.nu/

Agnew (countable and uncountable, plural Agnews)

1. A surname.
2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
   1. A place in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois.
      2. An unincorporated community in Grand Haven Township, Ottawa County, Michigan.
      3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
      4. An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington.
      5. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
   2. A ghost town in the Shire of Leonora, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.

• Agnewian

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Agnew is the 3602^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9856 individuals. Agnew is most common among White (68.08%) and Black/African American (26.36%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Agnew”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12.