# Flagg (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/flagg/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,834 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,122 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,178 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (6,589 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Both the surname and village are from Old English flag (“slab”), itself borrowed from Old Norse flaga, from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Flagg in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Flagg in the United States.

## People named Flagg

- James Montgomery Flagg, American artist (1877-1960)
- Cooper Flagg, American basketball player (born 2006)
- Fannie Flagg, American actress, comedian and author
- Ernest Flagg, American architect (1857–1947)

## Similar surnames

Flaig, Flax, Felix, Falk, Faulk, Fleck, Fellows, Flick, Falls, Flack, Folk, Feliz.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.