How common is the surname Sugrue?

1,187 people in the United States had the surname Sugrue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. It ranked 21,878th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sugrue?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sugrue identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sugrue getting more or less common?

More common. 1,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,187 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Sugrue

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,187 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sugrue is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Siochfhrádha (“descendant of Siochfhrádh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Sigfriðr (“Siegfrid”).

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

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,187 people named Sugrue in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,104.

#21,878

rank among US surnames

1,187

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,916)

Who is named Sugrue

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

96% of people named Sugrue identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Shugrue

Surnames that sound like Sugrue

Sugar

Sugrue has the Soundex code S260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S260.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sugrue come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Siochfhrádha (“descendant of Siochfhrádh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Sigfriðr (“Siegfrid”).
How common is the surname Sugrue?: 1,187 people in the United States had the surname Sugrue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. It ranked 21,878th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sugrue?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sugrue identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Sugrue?: Sugrue is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Sugrue getting more or less common?: More common. 1,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,187 in 2010, up 7.5%.
What are other spellings of Sugrue?: Shugrue.