Stagg Surname

45,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,448 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Stagg Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the stag'; compare Buck, Hart, Doe, &c. Thomas Stagge, Close Rolls,' 7 Edward III. pt.

Adam Stagge, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1570-80. William Stagge, Dorset: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Stagg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,6541:77,8818,897
England3,0821:18,0792,592
Australia1,5881:17,0002,389
Canada1,2291:29,9803,919
New Zealand2181:20,7723,637
Ecuador1971:80,7405,701
Wales1101:28,1322,887
South Africa641:846,52756,162
Ireland641:73,5774,518
Israel331:259,32223,464
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Panama221:177,8305,396
Guernsey221:2,929767
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
France51:13,284,544357,392
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Macau21:300,8151,009
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Jersey11:99,2026,620
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,9121:12,7491,922
Wales291:54,0832,718
Guernsey221:1,484259
Scotland211:178,2486,976
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0461:48,0105,489

Stagg (39) may also be a first name.

Stagg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the stag'; compare Buck, Hart, Doe, &c. Thomas Stagge, Close Rolls,' 7 Edward III. pt.

Adam Stagge, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1570-80. William Stagge, Dorset: Register of the University of Oxford.

1586. Married — William Hudson and Margaret Stagg: St. Dionis Backchurch.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-Scand.) 1 a nickname and signname from the Stag [Middle English stagge, Late Old English stagga, a stag; Old Norse stegg-r, steggi, male bird, animal] Dialectally, 'stag’ was applied in England to other male animals (and birds) besides the hart.

2 a voiced form of Stack, q.v.

Cp. ‘Stag Rock,’ off Anglesey, and the various Irish ‘Stag-Rocks’ or ‘Stags.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The animal-perhaps applied to a fleet runner. See Ray.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From St. Agg, St. Aggs, i. e. St. Agatha's.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Danish, Stage; from the Flemish, Stäche; from the German, Stach; a personal name.

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

Stagg Last Name Facts

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

Stagg (Hindi: स्टैग) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stagg? popularity and diffusion

Stagg is the 45,333rd most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 636,578 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Stagg reside; 51 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Stagg is also the 1,637,361st most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 39 people.

The last name Stagg is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 4,654 people, or 1 in 77,881. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 12 percent are found, Louisiana, where 10 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 49 countries. It also occurs in England, where 27 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.

Stagg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Stagg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stagg last name rose 445 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 161 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 379 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 457 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 110 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Stagg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stagg last name are 10.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.69% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Stagg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 58.29% more than the national average, earning R 376,164 per year; in United States they earn 3.64% more than the national average, earning $44,720 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.91% less than the national average, earning $45,752 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Staggs9112,238/
Staigg912/
Steagg911/
Staugg911/
Stag89212/
Sthaggs832/
Staig80198/
Stagh8021/
Shtag8010/
Stags807/
Staag807/
Stagp803/
Staug803/
Stagt800/
Stogg800/
Stagk800/
Steag800/
D'Staggs771/
Staugh7380/
Staigh7322/
Stachg7319/
Stague7311/
Steagh734/
Staugs731/
Stagss731/
Staags731/
Stoggs731/
Steigg730/
Stog67593/
Stak67477/
Stax67171/
Stac67101/
Stagova6768/
Østhaug6747/
Staq673/
Ztag672/
Xtag671/
Stoiggs670/
Sthaugh670/

Stagg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Stagg in the Hindi language
स्टैगstaiga-

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