Last Name SPRIGGS

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Meaning	The son of Sprig, very probably a nickname of the personal name, Springin. This is more likely as Sprigg and the genitive Spriggs are found chiefly in the neighbourhood of county Norfolk, where Spriggins and Spurgeon, etc, arose.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	4,773 (2000 US census)	4,435 (1990 US census)

Count	6,778 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

53.78%, or 3645 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
41.44%, or 2809 total occurrences, as black,
0.24%, or 16 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.72%, or 49 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.33%, or 158 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.49%, or 101 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Ukrainian middle names

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