How common is the surname Briggs?

58,408 people in the United States had the surname Briggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,286 Americans. It ranked 572nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Briggs?

Isabel Briggs Myers, American writer (1897–1980), followed by Shannon Briggs.

Where is the surname Briggs most common?

Wikidata records people named Briggs in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Briggs?

Briggs is /bɹɪɡz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Briggs getting more or less common?

More common. 57,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 58,408 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Briggs

An English place surname, carried by 58,408 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɹɪɡz/ 1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Briggs is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the genitive or plural form of Middle English brigge (“bridge”).

Briggs is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 58,408 people named Briggs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,286 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 57,297.

#572

rank among US surnames

58,408

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #522)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#563	McKenzie	59,595	5,181
#564	Hess	59,486	5,190
#565	Beil	59,463	5,192
#566	Olsen	59,356	5,202
#567	Cochran	59,350	5,202
#568	Morton	59,213	5,214
#569	Nash	58,714	5,258

Who is named Briggs

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

76% of people named Briggs identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Briggss

26 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Isabel Briggs Myers
American writer (1897–1980)
Shannon Briggs
American boxer and actor, born 1971
Benjamin Briggs
American sailor, 1835–1872
Lyman James Briggs
American engineer (1874–1963)
Katherine Cook Briggs
American psychologist, 1875–1968
Barbara G. Briggs
Australian botanist, born 1934
Patricia Briggs
American writer, born 1965
Jane Briggs Hart
American aviator (1921-2015)
Charles Augustus Briggs
American scholar and theologian (1841–1913)
Frank P. Briggs
American politician (1894–1992)
John Briggs
American politician (1930–2020)
Josh Briggs
American professional wrestler, born 1993

Notable Briggss come mostly from the United States (21), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Briggs

Briggs has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Briggs come from?: From the genitive or plural form of Middle English brigge (“bridge”).
How common is the surname Briggs?: 58,408 people in the United States had the surname Briggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,286 Americans. It ranked 572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Briggs?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Briggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Briggs?: Isabel Briggs Myers, American writer (1897–1980), followed by Shannon Briggs.
Where is the surname Briggs most common?: Wikidata records people named Briggs in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Briggs?: Briggs is /bɹɪɡz/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Briggs?: Briggs is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Briggs getting more or less common?: More common. 57,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 58,408 in 2010, up 1.9%.