Find out how popular the last name Pagonis is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Pagonis.

Pagonis, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Pagonis surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pagonis in America

Pagonis is the 53419th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pagonis surname appeared 387 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Pagonis.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pagonis to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Pagonis

The surname Pagonis is of Greek origin, specifically from the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. It is believed to have originated in the late Byzantine period, around the 13th or 14th century.

Pagonis is derived from the Greek word "pagos," which means "hill" or "small mountain." It is likely that the name was originally given to someone who lived near or on a hill or small mountain.

In the early 15th century, there are records of a family with the surname Pagonis living in the village of Stemnitsa, located in the mountains of Arcadia, in the central Peloponnese. This suggests that the name may have originated in this area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Pagonis appears in a 16th-century manuscript from the monastery of Mega Spileo in Kalavryta, Achaea. The manuscript mentions a certain Demetrios Pagonis, who was a monk at the monastery.

In the 18th century, there are records of a prominent Pagonis family in the town of Kalamata, also in the Peloponnese. One notable member of this family was Panagiotis Pagonis (1722-1798), who was a merchant and philanthropist.

Another notable person with the surname Pagonis was Georgios Pagonis (1788-1856), who was a Greek military leader and played a significant role in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire in the 1820s.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the surname Pagonis can be found in various records from the Peloponnese region, particularly in the areas of Arcadia, Messenia, and Laconia.

Other historical figures with the surname Pagonis include:

1. Nikolaos Pagonis (1849-1928), a Greek politician and lawyer from Kalamata.
2. Alexandros Pagonis (1871-1943), a Greek military officer and politician from Tripoli.
3. Dimitrios Pagonis (1892-1976), a Greek lawyer and judge from Sparta.
4. Panagiotis Pagonis (1910-1989), a Greek sculptor and artist from Kalamata.
5. Georgios Pagonis (1921-2001), a Greek journalist and writer from Tripoli.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pagonis

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Pagonis.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Pagonis was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Pagonis has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Pagonis was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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