How common is the surname Stagg?

3,312 people in the United States had the surname Stagg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,220 Americans. It ranked 9,783rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stagg?

Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (1862–1965).

Where is the surname Stagg most common?

Wikidata records people named Stagg in the United States.

Is the surname Stagg getting more or less common?

More common. 3,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,312 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Stagg

An English nickname surname, carried by 3,312 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stagg is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

English origin

Originally a nickname from Middle English stagg (“stag, hart”).

Stagg is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,312 people named Stagg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,220 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,211.

#9,783

rank among US surnames

3,312

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,321)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,777	Petrick	3,315	93,136
#9,778	Shenk	3,314	93,164
#9,780	Polak	3,313	93,192
#9,783	Stagg	3,312	93,220
#9,784	Yowell	3,311	93,248
#9,786	Loughlin	3,309	93,305
#9,788	Chico	3,308	93,333

Who is named Stagg

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

83% of people named Stagg identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Staggs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amos Alonzo Stagg
American football player and coach (1862–1965)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stagg

Stagg has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stagg come from?: Originally a nickname from Middle English stagg (“stag, hart”).
How common is the surname Stagg?: 3,312 people in the United States had the surname Stagg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,220 Americans. It ranked 9,783rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stagg?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Stagg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stagg?: Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (1862–1965).
Where is the surname Stagg most common?: Wikidata records people named Stagg in the United States.
What type of surname is Stagg?: Stagg is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Stagg getting more or less common?: More common. 3,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,312 in 2010, up 3.1%.