How common is the surname Driggs?

2,180 people in the United States had the surname Driggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,626 Americans. It ranked 13,862nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Driggs?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Driggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Driggs?

Elsie Driggs, American Precisionist painter (1898-1992).

Where is the surname Driggs most common?

Wikidata records people named Driggs in the United States.

Is the surname Driggs getting more or less common?

More common. 1,873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,180 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Driggs

A surname, carried by 2,180 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Driggs is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,180 people named Driggs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,626 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,873.

#13,862

rank among US surnames

2,180

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+16.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,574)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,855	Brenes	2,181	141,561
#13,862	Driggs	2,180	141,626
#13,867	Flock	2,179	141,691
#13,871	Seman	2,178	141,756

Who is named Driggs

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

85% of people named Driggs identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Driggss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elsie Driggs
American Precisionist painter (1898-1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Driggs

Driggs has the Soundex code D620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D620.

Questions

How common is the surname Driggs?: 2,180 people in the United States had the surname Driggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,626 Americans. It ranked 13,862nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Driggs?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Driggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Driggs?: Elsie Driggs, American Precisionist painter (1898-1992).
Where is the surname Driggs most common?: Wikidata records people named Driggs in the United States.
Is the surname Driggs getting more or less common?: More common. 1,873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,180 in 2010, up 16%.