How common is the surname Diggins?

2,362 people in the United States had the surname Diggins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,714 Americans. It ranked 12,999th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Diggins?

Skylar Diggins-Smith, American basketball player (born 1990).

Where is the surname Diggins most common?

Wikidata records people named Diggins in the United States.

How do you pronounce Diggins?

Diggins is /ˈdɪɡɪnz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Diggins getting more or less common?

More common. 2,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,362 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Diggins

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,362 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɪɡɪnz/ 2 syllables Soundex D252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Diggins is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

From a medieval diminutive of Dick + the patronymic suffix -s.

Diggins is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,362 people named Diggins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,714 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,278.

#12,999

rank among US surnames

2,362

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,490)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,994	Beringer	2,363	130,658
#12,999	Diggins	2,362	130,714
#13,002	Jellison	2,361	130,769
#13,007	Urrea	2,360	130,824

Who is named Diggins

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

59% of people named Diggins identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Black (not Hispanic) 35%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Digginss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Skylar Diggins-Smith
American basketball player (born 1990)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Diggins

Duggins

Diggins has the Soundex code D252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D252.

Questions

Where does the surname Diggins come from?: From a medieval diminutive of Dick + the patronymic suffix -s.
How common is the surname Diggins?: 2,362 people in the United States had the surname Diggins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,714 Americans. It ranked 12,999th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Diggins?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Diggins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Diggins?: Skylar Diggins-Smith, American basketball player (born 1990).
Where is the surname Diggins most common?: Wikidata records people named Diggins in the United States.
How do you pronounce Diggins?: Diggins is /ˈdɪɡɪnz/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Diggins?: Diggins is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Diggins getting more or less common?: More common. 2,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,362 in 2010, up 3.7%.