How Many People Have the Last Name Briggs?
people had the surname Briggs in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 5,051 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,111 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Briggs (75.9%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 18.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Briggs ranks #415. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Briggs grew from 57,297 people in 2000 to 58,408 in 2010 (up 1.9%), and its rank fell from #522 to #572. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 21.24 to 19.8 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 57,297 | 58,408 |
| Rank | #522 | #572 |
| Per 100,000 people | 21.24 | 19.8 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Briggs
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Briggs: B620
👤 Briggs as a First Name
Briggs is a first name too: about 9,375 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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