Diggins Surname

95,136th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,003 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Diggins Surname Definition:

For Dickens, Dickins, q.v.

Diggins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9141:124,38513,225
England8981:62,0477,303
Australia3881:69,5778,251
Ireland2941:16,0171,777
Canada2831:130,19613,551
New Zealand561:80,86311,672
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
Wales401:77,3636,557
Scotland361:148,7178,826
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland401:110,7476,785
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4891:49,8476,088
Wales51:313,68310,604
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4051:123,99712,024

Diggins Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

For Dickens, Dickins, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of little Digg, or Dick, pet forms of Richard (rule, hard).

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

Diggins Last Name Facts

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

The last name Diggins is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Diggins? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 95,136th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,456,635 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Diggins reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Diggins is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,914 people, or 1 in 124,385. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 9 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 7 percent live and Maryland, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Diggins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Diggins has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 720 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 184 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 735 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it increased 800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 3,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Diggins Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Diggins surname is chiefly Catholic (95%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Diggins surname are 1.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.91% registered with the political party.

The amount Diggins earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 3.23% less than the national average, earning R 229,968 per year; in United States they earn 1.3% less than the national average, earning $42,590 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.16% less than the national average, earning $49,603 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Duiggins930/
Digins924/
Duggins864,842/
Diggens86671/
Deggins8635/
Digns831/
Dugginns800/
Duiggens800/
Dugins7728/
Digens7716/
Dignæs7714/
Degins772/
Disins771/
Duggns771/
Dixins770/
Ditgens7151/
Deggens7116/
Diogens7112/
Diezins718/
Deegins713/
Desgins712/
Duggens712/
Diienns711/
Didgens710/
Diens67119/
Dijns6754/
Desguins672/
D'Eigens672/
Dhiogens671/

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