How common is the surname Diggs?

14,467 people in the United States had the surname Diggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,341 Americans. It ranked 2,497th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Diggs?

Daveed Diggs, American actor and rapper, followed by Taye Diggs.

Where is the surname Diggs most common?

Wikidata records people named Diggs in the United States.

How do you pronounce Diggs?

Diggs is /ˈdɪɡz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Diggs getting more or less common?

More common. 13,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,467 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Diggs

A patronymic surname, carried by 14,467 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɪɡz/ 1 syllable Soundex D200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Diggs is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

From Dick + the patronymic suffix -s.

Diggs 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 14,467 people named Diggs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,341 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,405.

#2,497

rank among US surnames

14,467

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,468)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,488	Centeno	14,510	21,278
#2,489	Roark	14,509	21,280
#2,490	Hostetler	14,505	21,285
#2,491	Herrington	14,498	21,296
#2,492	Higginbotham	14,489	21,309
#2,493	Carnes	14,487	21,312
#2,494	Tobias	14,482	21,319

Who is named Diggs

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

68% of people named Diggs identified as Black (not Hispanic), 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 68%
White (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Diggss

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daveed Diggs
American actor and rapper, born 1982
Taye Diggs
American actor, born 1971
Stefon Diggs
American football player (born 1993)
Talitha Diggs
American athlete, born 2002
Trevon Diggs
American football player (born 1998)
Charles Diggs
American politician (1922-1998)
RZA
American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1969)
Danielle Nicolet
Actress, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Diggs

Diggs has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

Questions

Where does the surname Diggs come from?: From Dick + the patronymic suffix -s.
How common is the surname Diggs?: 14,467 people in the United States had the surname Diggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,341 Americans. It ranked 2,497th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Diggs?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Diggs identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Diggs?: Daveed Diggs, American actor and rapper, followed by Taye Diggs.
Where is the surname Diggs most common?: Wikidata records people named Diggs in the United States.
How do you pronounce Diggs?: Diggs is /ˈdɪɡz/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Diggs?: Diggs is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Diggs getting more or less common?: More common. 13,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,467 in 2010, up 7.9%.