How common is the surname Scaggs?

2,703 people in the United States had the surname Scaggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,223 Americans. It ranked 11,610th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Scaggs?

Boz Scaggs, American musician (born 1944), followed by 2 Cold Scorpio.

Where is the surname Scaggs most common?

Wikidata records people named Scaggs in the United States.

Is the surname Scaggs getting more or less common?

More common. 2,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,703 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Scaggs

A surname, carried by 2,703 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scaggs is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,703 people named Scaggs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,223 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,639.

#11,610

rank among US surnames

2,703

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,049)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,603	Drane	2,706	114,097
#11,605	Taub	2,705	114,139
#11,608	Coll	2,704	114,181
#11,610	Arocho	2,703	114,223
#11,612	Sangster	2,702	114,266
#11,614	Huie	2,701	114,308

Who is named Scaggs

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

87% of people named Scaggs identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scaggss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Boz Scaggs
American musician (born 1944)
2 Cold Scorpio
American professional wrestler, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scaggs

Scaggs has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Questions

How common is the surname Scaggs?: 2,703 people in the United States had the surname Scaggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,223 Americans. It ranked 11,610th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scaggs?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Scaggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Scaggs?: Boz Scaggs, American musician (born 1944), followed by 2 Cold Scorpio.
Where is the surname Scaggs most common?: Wikidata records people named Scaggs in the United States.
Is the surname Scaggs getting more or less common?: More common. 2,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,703 in 2010, up 2.4%.