How common is the surname Buggs?

3,455 people in the United States had the surname Buggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,362 Americans. It ranked 9,412th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Buggs getting more or less common?

More common. 3,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,455 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Buggs

A surname, carried by 3,455 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). Buggs is more common than 94.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,455 people named Buggs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,362 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,038.

#9,412

rank among US surnames

3,455

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+13.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,822)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,403	Samayoa	3,458	89,284
#9,405	Claussen	3,457	89,310
#9,407	Alverson	3,456	89,336
#9,412	Johannes	3,455	89,362
#9,415	Meisner	3,454	89,388
#9,418	Albino	3,453	89,414
#9,421	Stalker	3,452	89,440

Who is named Buggs

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

83% of people named Buggs identified as Black (not Hispanic), 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 83%
White (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Buggs

Buggs 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 Buggs?: 3,455 people in the United States had the surname Buggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,362 Americans. It ranked 9,412th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Buggs?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Buggs identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Buggs getting more or less common?: More common. 3,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,455 in 2010, up 14%.