How common is the surname Flagg?

6,834 people in the United States had the surname Flagg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,178 Americans. It ranked 5,122nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Flagg?

James Montgomery Flagg, American artist (1877-1960), followed by Cooper Flagg.

Where is the surname Flagg most common?

Wikidata records people named Flagg in the United States.

Is the surname Flagg getting more or less common?

More common. 6,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,834 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Flagg

A Norse surname, carried by 6,834 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flagg is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

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”).

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,834 people named Flagg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,178 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,589.

#5,122

rank among US surnames

6,834

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,896)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,113	Styles	6,847	45,092
#5,114	Lamont	6,845	45,105
#5,116	Dalrymple	6,843	45,118
#5,117	Bice	6,841	45,132
#5,118	Philips	6,840	45,138
#5,119	Yarborough	6,839	45,145
#5,121	Pounds	6,838	45,151

Who is named Flagg

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

63% of people named Flagg identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Flaggs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Montgomery Flagg
American artist (1877-1960)
Cooper Flagg
American basketball player (born 2006)
Fannie Flagg
American actress, comedian and author, born 1944
Ernest Flagg
American architect (1857–1947)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flagg

Flagg has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Flagg come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Flagg?: 6,834 people in the United States had the surname Flagg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,178 Americans. It ranked 5,122nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flagg?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Flagg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Flagg?: James Montgomery Flagg, American artist (1877-1960), followed by Cooper Flagg.
Where is the surname Flagg most common?: Wikidata records people named Flagg in the United States.
Is the surname Flagg getting more or less common?: More common. 6,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,834 in 2010, up 3.7%.