How common is the surname Spriggs?

7,143 people in the United States had the surname Spriggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,224 Americans. It ranked 4,925th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spriggs?

Larry Spriggs, American basketball player (born 1959).

Where is the surname Spriggs most common?

Wikidata records people named Spriggs in the United States.

Is the surname Spriggs getting more or less common?

More common. 6,778 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,143 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Spriggs

A patronymic surname, carried by 7,143 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spriggs is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Patronymic from Sprigg.

Spriggs is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,143 people named Spriggs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,224 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,778.

#4,925

rank among US surnames

7,143

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,773)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,922	Carreno	7,146	43,205
#4,923	Rana	7,145	43,211
#4,924	Woodbury	7,144	43,217
#4,925	Spriggs	7,143	43,224

Who is named Spriggs

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

52% of people named Spriggs identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 41%
Two or more races 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spriggss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Larry Spriggs
American basketball player (born 1959)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Spriggs

Spriggs has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

Questions

Where does the surname Spriggs come from?: Patronymic from Sprigg.
How common is the surname Spriggs?: 7,143 people in the United States had the surname Spriggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,224 Americans. It ranked 4,925th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spriggs?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Spriggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Spriggs?: Larry Spriggs, American basketball player (born 1959).
Where is the surname Spriggs most common?: Wikidata records people named Spriggs in the United States.
What type of surname is Spriggs?: Spriggs is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Spriggs getting more or less common?: More common. 6,778 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,143 in 2010, up 5.4%.