Diggings Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Liberia

Diggings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diggings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Diggings Last Name Facts

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

The last name Diggings is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Diggings click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Diggings? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Diggings reside; 60 percent reside in Northern Europe and 60 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Diggings is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England it is most common in: Hertfordshire, where 100 percent live. Other than England it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent live and Liberia, where 10 percent live.

Diggings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Diggings has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Diggings surname contracted 45 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Digings9369/
Digging938/
Duggings885/
Diging8641/
Doiging807/
Dihings805/
Degging801/
Dugings800/
Digng771/
Duizings7558/
Duisings7537/
Doinging751/
Duijzings71139/
Duijsings71126/
Digeng7193/
Deging717/
Dixing713/
Diguingue711/
Dugngs711/
Djings711/
Dighng711/
Diyongs6714/
Desings6710/
Daixing672/
Dicjing671/
Dixiong671/
Digdjng671/
Duyzings6379/
Duysings6370/
Deuzings6355/
Deusings6333/
Diguengue5911/
Duijsengs596/
Degeng571,290/
Dexing5737/
Dihinx571/
Dienks570/
Dexiong537/
Doygeng531/
Diencks531/
Duysengs5012/
Deegaeng501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Diggings
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis