Beggs Surname

41,364th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,631 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Beggs Surname Definition:

Begg and Beggs are now about equally numerous in Ireland, the latter belonging mainly to northeast Ulster and the former to Dublin and adjacent Leinster counties. Ulster families so called may be Of non-Irish origin — there is of course, an English surname Bigge — but it is reasonably certain that the Beggs of the rest of the country are of native Irish stock.

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Beggs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,4091:56,5556,732
Australia1,9181:14,0751,998
Canada1,2141:30,3513,964
Northern Ireland9951:1,854384
England8541:65,2447,591
Scotland2941:18,2102,180
Ireland2321:20,2972,097
New Zealand2191:20,6773,621
Grenada1601:678144
South Africa1151:471,11039,128
Trinidad and Tobago571:23,9292,651
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Wales121:257,87814,969
Guam121:13,3432,098
Liberia91:489,83723,279
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Netherlands41:4,221,794131,139
Seychelles41:23,0981,012
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland9741:4,548779
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2181:111,81410,928
Scotland1831:20,4552,022
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1661:43,0695,009

Beggs (13) may also be a first name.

Beggs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Begg and Beggs are now about equally numerous in Ireland, the latter belonging mainly to northeast Ulster and the former to Dublin and adjacent Leinster counties. Ulster families so called may be Of non-Irish origin — there is of course, an English surname Bigge — but it is reasonably certain that the Beggs of the rest of the country are of native Irish stock. their name being of the epithet class: the word beag (beg) means small. It has been used as a surname from very early times and occurs in every sort of record from the fourteenth century. These people belonged to every class from labourers to landlords: among the more interesting are four who were outlawed as Jacobites (two of these were from Galway, the only place outside Munster and Leinster where they are at all prominent —— their close association with Ulster was of later date). Two more, Matthew and George Begg, were among the Papists transplanted from counties Dublin and Meath in 1656.

Supplement to Irish Families (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Begg's (Son): v. Begg.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

In Leinster this is mainly an epithetic surname formed from the adjective beag (small); in Ulster it is sometimes a variant of the English name Bigge. SIF 15

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Scottish) Descendant of Begg (little).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This unusual name is of Scottish origin and sometimes Northern Irish, it is a nickname or a byname for a small person, derived from the gaelic word, beag, meaning 'little', or 'small of stature'; and is obviously descriptive of the original bearer or bearers.

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Beggs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Beggs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Beggs occurs most in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Beggs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 41,364th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 576,957 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Beggs reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread forename in the world, borne by 13 people.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 6,409 people, or 1 in 56,555. In The United States Beggs is most prevalent in: Texas, where 13 percent live, Georgia, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 52 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 15 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Beggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Beggs has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 550 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 392 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 161 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 76 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Beggs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Presbyterian (66%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Beggs surname are 12.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.84% registered with the party.

The amount Beggs earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 10.37% less than the national average, earning R 212,988 per year; in United States they earn 6.73% more than the national average, earning $46,054 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.48% more than the national average, earning $52,406 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beiggs914/
Bieggs912/
Beggse910/
Beeggs910/
Beaggs910/
Begg8910,776/
Begs898/
Biggs8052,172/
Boggs8037,273/
Baggs804,586/
Beugg8041/
Biegs8015/
Beigg809/
Veggs805/
Bekgg802/
Beagg802/
Beggh801/
Beegg801/
Beegs800/
Beags800/
Weggs800/
Beygs800/
Beigs800/
Boegs800/
Beg75145,993/
Baggås7310/
Boggss732/
Biggss732/
Buiggs731/
Veiggs731/
Baggsj731/
Boiggs731/
Baiggs731/
Beiggh731/
Biggst731/
Beggue731/
Beugsh730/
Beig6710,077/
Beks672,527/
Bigg672,526/
Begh672,523/
Bieg672,252/
Begz671,257/
Beeg67727/
Bogs67717/
Beag67477/
Beug67452/
Beyg67386/
Bheg67233/
Wegs67193/
Bags6780/
Bigs6774/
Bygg6738/
Besc6731/
Besq6722/
Bøeg6718/
Begc6715/
Begt6710/
Behg675/
Vegg675/
Bekg674/
Bygs674/
Vegs673/
Bejg673/
Bexs672/
Besg672/
Bjgs671/
Hbeg671/
Beqs671/
Beqg671/
Bgig671/
Uegs671/
Begq671/
Beggche671/

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