How common is the surname Staggs?

9,514 people in the United States had the surname Staggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,452 Americans. It ranked 3,724th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Staggs?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Staggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Staggs?

Monica Staggs, American actress.

Where is the surname Staggs most common?

Wikidata records people named Staggs in the United States.

Is the surname Staggs getting more or less common?

More common. 9,369 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,514 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Staggs

A patronymic surname, carried by 9,514 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). Staggs is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Patronymic from Stagg.

Staggs 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 9,514 people named Staggs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,452 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,369.

#3,724

rank among US surnames

9,514

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,490)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,715	McCune	9,549	32,333
#3,716	Cable	9,545	32,346
#3,717	Freed	9,541	32,360
#3,718	Loveless	9,533	32,387
#3,719	Wilbur	9,527	32,407
#3,720	Gracia	9,520	32,431
#3,722	Ostrander	9,518	32,438

Who is named Staggs

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

92% of people named Staggs identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Staggss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Monica Staggs
American actress, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Staggs

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

Questions

Where does the surname Staggs come from?: Patronymic from Stagg.
How common is the surname Staggs?: 9,514 people in the United States had the surname Staggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,452 Americans. It ranked 3,724th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Staggs?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Staggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Staggs?: Monica Staggs, American actress.
Where is the surname Staggs most common?: Wikidata records people named Staggs in the United States.
What type of surname is Staggs?: Staggs is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Staggs getting more or less common?: More common. 9,369 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,514 in 2010, up 1.5%.