Flagg Surname

52,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,818 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Flagg Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Flagg (sod, turf), in Derbyshire.

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Flagg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,7751:41,3065,070
South Africa2441:222,04023,223
Australia2271:118,92413,128
England2231:249,85720,242
Canada2041:180,61617,977
Nigeria551:3,220,77797,902
Panama141:279,4476,847
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Wales101:309,45316,869
Guam81:20,0153,029
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
China41:341,830,39216,990
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha11:5,854177
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1551:157,26013,677
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7251:18,4292,331

Flagg (48) may also be a first name.

Flagg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Flagg (sod, turf), in Derbyshire.

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

A township in the parish of Bakewell, co. Derby.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the German, Flach, Flack; from the Dutch, Vlak; a personal name.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

User-submitted Reference

From places such as Flagg in Derbyshire and Flags in Nottinghamshire; named from the Old English flage or Old Norse flaga, meaing 'slab', and 'turf', 'sod' respectively.

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Flagg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flagg (Russian: Флагг) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flagg? popularity and diffusion

The surname Flagg is the 52,169th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 742,264 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Flagg live; 85 percent live in North America and 85 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,448,253rd most widespread first name world-wide, held by 48 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 8,775 people, or 1 in 41,306. In The United States Flagg is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 8 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Flagg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Flagg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Flagg last name expanded 322 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 144 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Flagg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Flagg last name are 4.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Flagg earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 23.13% less than the national average, earning R 182,664 per year; in United States they earn 1.36% more than the national average, earning $43,734 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.75% more than the national average, earning $50,058 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flaggs91235/
Flaigg9139/
Fllagg910/
Flag89230/
Flaig806,710/
Flyag8013/
Flogg805/
Pflag804/
Flagz801/
Flagt801/
Flasg801/
Flags800/
Flagh800/
Flaug800/
Flayg800/
Fleag800/
Fellag733,796/
Flaugh73504/
Fillag7382/
Phlagg7312/
Flyayg733/
Flaigh732/
Flaigs731/
Ffllag731/
Flague731/
Flak679,884/
Flax673,237/
Flac67253/
Flog6742/
Fellagh676/
Flaq673/
Flagova673/
Fleague671/

Flagg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Flagg in the Russian language
Флаггflagg-

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