How common is the surname Suggs?

13,585 people in the United States had the surname Suggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,727 Americans. It ranked 2,652nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Suggs?

Jalen Suggs, American basketball player (born 2001), followed by Terrell Suggs.

Where is the surname Suggs most common?

Wikidata records people named Suggs in the United States.

How do you pronounce Suggs?

Suggs is /sʌɡz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Suggs getting more or less common?

More common. 13,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,585 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Suggs

A surname, carried by 13,585 people in the United States.

Pronounced /sʌɡz/ 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). Suggs is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,585 people named Suggs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,727 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,012.

#2,652

rank among US surnames

13,585

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,553)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,643	Bonds	13,620	22,669
#2,644	Pruett	13,618	22,672
#2,645	McCartney	13,615	22,677
#2,646	Tierney	13,608	22,689
#2,648	Braden	13,603	22,697
#2,650	Crouse	13,598	22,705
#2,651	Dowd	13,590	22,719

Who is named Suggs

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

57% of people named Suggs identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Black (not Hispanic) 38%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Suggss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jalen Suggs
American basketball player (born 2001)
Terrell Suggs
American football player (born 1982)
Scott Suggs
American basketball player (born 1989)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Suggs

Suggs 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 Suggs?: 13,585 people in the United States had the surname Suggs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,727 Americans. It ranked 2,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Suggs?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Suggs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Suggs?: Jalen Suggs, American basketball player (born 2001), followed by Terrell Suggs.
Where is the surname Suggs most common?: Wikidata records people named Suggs in the United States.
How do you pronounce Suggs?: Suggs is /sʌɡz/, one syllable.
Is the surname Suggs getting more or less common?: More common. 13,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,585 in 2010, up 4.4%.