Scruggs Surname

25,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,710 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Mariana Islands

Scruggs Surname Definition:

(English) The thin, scraggy person; dweller by, or among, stunted bushes.

Scruggs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,5701:17,6212,234
Canada861:428,43737,472
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Guam11:160,1214,893
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,2701:15,3571,970

Scruggs (27) may also be a first name.

Scruggs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) The thin, scraggy person; dweller by, or among, stunted bushes.

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

Scruggs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scruggs is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scruggs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Scruggs is the 25,991st most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 351,885 people. The last name Scruggs occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Scruggs live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. Scruggs is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 27 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 20,570 people, or 1 in 17,621. In The United States Scruggs is mostly concentrated in: Tennessee, where 11 percent are found, Texas, where 10 percent are found and South Carolina, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent are found and The Philippines, where 0 percent are found.

Scruggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scruggs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Scruggs surname grew 629 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Scruggs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Scruggs last name are 10.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.09% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Scruggs earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 9.06% less than the national average, earning $39,238 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.76% more than the national average, earning $74,407 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scrouggs935/
Schruggs932/
Screuggs931/
Scrauggs931/
Scruyggs930/
Cruggs9228/
Scrugg9224/
Sruggs9222/
Scrugs9220/
Scroggs862,664/
Skruggs8610/
Shruggs866/
Schrugs862/
Scrugss861/
Scruugs861/
Scraugs860/
Schroggs800/
Scrogg7710/
Sroggs773/
Crougs771/
Scrogs771/
Scrugh770/
Skrugs770/
Chrugs770/
Scroogs716/
Scrogss712/
Skroggs710/
Scruk6716/
Sruks672/
Cruks671/
Skrug671/

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Scruggs Reference & Research

Scruggs FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Scruggs
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