# Scruggs (surname)

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

A surname, variant of Scroggs.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,808 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,310 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,531 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (15,562 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scruggs 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) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scruggs in the United States.

## People named Scruggs

- Earl Scruggs, American musician (1924–2012)
- Lauren Scruggs, American foil fencer
- Mary Lou Williams, American jazz pianist and composer (1910–1981)
- Fredro Starr, American rapper and actor

## Similar surnames

Scroggs, Suarez, Sears, Schwarz, Squires, Soares, Schrock, Searcy, Sowers, Sharkey, Sayers, Shores.

## 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.