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    The surname Trigg

    A surname, carried by 3,642 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T620

    Trigg: #8,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Trigg #8,985, 3,642 people Trigg: #8,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Trigg #8,985, 3,642 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Trigg is more common than 94.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,642 people named Trigg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,774 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,512.

    #8,985
    rank among US surnames
    3,642
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #8,621)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,977Chandra3,64584,704
    #8,980Hartin3,64484,727
    #8,981Northern3,64384,750
    #8,985Trigg3,64284,774
    #8,986Helsel3,64184,797
    #8,989Morman3,64084,820
    #8,990Lindell3,63984,844

    Who is named Trigg

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

    73% of people named Trigg identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Triggs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Frank Trigg
      American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, born 1972

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Trigg

    Trigg has the Soundex code T620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Trigg?
    3,642 people in the United States had the surname Trigg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,774 Americans. It ranked 8,985th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Trigg?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Trigg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Trigg?
    Frank Trigg, American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist.
    Where is the surname Trigg most common?
    Wikidata records people named Trigg in the United States.
    Is the surname Trigg getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,642 in 2010, up 3.7%.