How common is the surname Skaggs?

17,778 people in the United States had the surname Skaggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,367 Americans. It ranked 2,028th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Skaggs?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Skaggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Skaggs?

Ricky Skaggs, American musician, producer, and composer, followed by Tyler Skaggs.

Where is the surname Skaggs most common?

Wikidata records people named Skaggs in the United States.

Is the surname Skaggs getting more or less common?

More common. 17,569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,778 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Skaggs

A surname, carried by 17,778 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). Skaggs is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,778 people named Skaggs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,367 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,569.

#2,028

rank among US surnames

17,778

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,876)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,019	McCord	17,875	17,272
#2,020	Akins	17,868	17,279
#2,021	Bergman	17,846	17,301
#2,022	Delong	17,844	17,302
#2,023	Moreland	17,832	17,314
#2,024	Lorenzo	17,825	17,321
#2,025	Longoria	17,818	17,328

Who is named Skaggs

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

93% of people named Skaggs identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Skaggss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ricky Skaggs
American musician, producer, and composer, born 1954
Tyler Skaggs
American baseball player (1991–2019)
David Skaggs
American politician, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Skaggs

Skaggs 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 Skaggs?: 17,778 people in the United States had the surname Skaggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,367 Americans. It ranked 2,028th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Skaggs?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Skaggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Skaggs?: Ricky Skaggs, American musician, producer, and composer, followed by Tyler Skaggs.
Where is the surname Skaggs most common?: Wikidata records people named Skaggs in the United States.
Is the surname Skaggs getting more or less common?: More common. 17,569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,778 in 2010, up 1.2%.