How common is the surname Begg?

1,022 people in the United States had the surname Begg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. It ranked 24,483rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Begg?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Begg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Begg getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,022 in 2010, down 3.2%.

The surname Begg

A surname, carried by 1,022 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Begg is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,022 people named Begg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,056.

#24,483

rank among US surnames

1,022

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-3.2%

change since 2000 (was #22,706)

Who is named Begg

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Begg identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Begg

Begg has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

Questions

How common is the surname Begg?: 1,022 people in the United States had the surname Begg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. It ranked 24,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Begg?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Begg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Begg getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,022 in 2010, down 3.2%.