How common is the surname Pigg?

4,349 people in the United States had the surname Pigg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,992 Americans. It ranked 7,633rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pigg getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,349 in 2010, down 4.5%.

The surname Pigg

A surname, carried by 4,349 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pigg is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,349 people named Pigg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,992 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,556.

#7,633

rank among US surnames

4,349

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-4.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,812)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,625	Poteet	4,353	70,927
#7,627	Sandstrom	4,352	70,943
#7,629	Brann	4,350	70,976
#7,633	Stites	4,349	70,992
#7,637	Zabala	4,348	71,009
#7,638	Grizzle	4,347	71,025

Who is named Pigg

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

91% of people named Pigg identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pigg

Pigg has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

Questions

How common is the surname Pigg?: 4,349 people in the United States had the surname Pigg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,992 Americans. It ranked 7,633rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pigg?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pigg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pigg getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,349 in 2010, down 4.5%.