Explore the Family Name Scroggs

The meaning of Scroggs

Scottish and English: topographic name from Middle English scrogges ‘bushes, brushwood’. There is a locality called Scrogges in the barony of Stobo (Peeblesshire, Scotland), which may be the source of the surname, although it is now found mainly in southern England.

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How common is the last name Scroggs in the United States?

The Scroggs surname had a slight dip in popularity according to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, the surname ranked 15,046 in popularity but dropped to 16,150 by 2010, marking a decrease of 7.34%. The count of individuals with this surname also slightly decreased from 1,799 in 2000 to 1,791 in 2010, showing a marginal decline of 0.44%. Correspondingly, the proportion of people with the Scroggs surname per 100,000 also saw a drop of 8.96% over the same decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,046	#16,150	-7.34%
Count	1,799	1,791	-0.44%
Proportion per 100k	0.67	0.61	-8.96%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Scroggs

Looking at the ethnic identity associated with the Scroggs surname based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, there's been a slight shift over the decade from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander doubled from 0.56% to 1.01%, marking an increase of 80.36%. Those identifying with two or more races declined by 51.15% while the White demographic remained largely steady with a slight increase from 95% to 95.59%. The Hispanic representation increased by 8% from 1.5% to 1.62%. However, the Black demographic and American Indian and Alaskan Native demographic both recorded no change, remaining stagnant at 0%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95%	95.59%	0.62%
Hispanic	1.5%	1.62%	8%
Two or More Races	2.17%	1.06%	-51.15%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.56%	1.01%	80.36%
Black	0.78%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%