Scruggs Surname
Approximately 20,710 people bear this surname
Scruggs Surname Definition:
(English) The thin, scraggy person; dweller by, or among, stunted bushes.
Scruggs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,570 | 1:17,621 | 2,234 |
| Canada | 86 | 1:428,437 | 37,472 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,270 | 1:15,357 | 1,970 |
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.
Scruggs Demographics
Average Male Scruggs Height
176.64 cm
Average Female Scruggs Height
162.85 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrouggs | 93 | 5 | / |
| Schruggs | 93 | 2 | / |
| Screuggs | 93 | 1 | / |
| Scrauggs | 93 | 1 | / |
| Scruyggs | 93 | 0 | / |
| Cruggs | 92 | 28 | / |
| Scrugg | 92 | 24 | / |
| Sruggs | 92 | 22 | / |
| Scrugs | 92 | 20 | / |
| Scroggs | 86 | 2,664 | / |
| Skruggs | 86 | 10 | / |
| Shruggs | 86 | 6 | / |
| Schrugs | 86 | 2 | / |
| Scrugss | 86 | 1 | / |
| Scruugs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Scraugs | 86 | 0 | / |
| Schroggs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Scrogg | 77 | 10 | / |
| Sroggs | 77 | 3 | / |
| Crougs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Scrogs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Scrugh | 77 | 0 | / |
| Skrugs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Chrugs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Scroogs | 71 | 6 | / |
| Scrogss | 71 | 2 | / |
| Skroggs | 71 | 0 | / |
| Scruk | 67 | 16 | / |
| Sruks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cruks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Skrug | 67 | 1 | / |
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Scruggs Reference & Research
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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
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- 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 Scruggs
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