How common is the surname Sugden?

1,333 people in the United States had the surname Sugden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,617 Americans. It ranked 20,057th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sugden?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sugden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sugden?

Mollie Sugden, British actress (1922–2009).

Where is the surname Sugden most common?

Wikidata records people named Sugden in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Sugden getting more or less common?

More common. 1,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,333 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Sugden

An English place surname, carried by 1,333 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sugden is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English suċġa (“kind of small bird”) + dene (“valley”).

Sugden is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 1,333 people named Sugden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,617 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,233.

#20,057

rank among US surnames

1,333

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,111)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,057	Verna	1,333	231,617
#20,065	Khatib	1,332	231,791

Who is named Sugden

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

95% of people named Sugden identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sugdens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mollie Sugden
British actress (1922–2009)

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sugden come from?: Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English suċġa (“kind of small bird”) + dene (“valley”).
How common is the surname Sugden?: 1,333 people in the United States had the surname Sugden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,617 Americans. It ranked 20,057th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sugden?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sugden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sugden?: Mollie Sugden, British actress (1922–2009).
Where is the surname Sugden most common?: Wikidata records people named Sugden in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Sugden?: Sugden is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Sugden getting more or less common?: More common. 1,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,333 in 2010, up 8.1%.