Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
AGATE
There are approximately 219 people named Agate in the UK. That makes it the 14,404th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 3 are named Agate.
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The Agate surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
AGATE. At-the-Gate, of some town or forest ; less probably, a sobriqixet ' applied to a diminutive person, in allusion to the sniall figures cut in agate for rings.' Nares and Halliw. in voc.