Flagg

See also: flagg

English

Etymology

Both the surname and village are from Old English flag (“slab”), itself borrowed from Old Norse flaga, from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”).

Proper noun

Flagg (countable and uncountable, plural Flaggs)

1. A village in Derbyshire, England.
2. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Flagg is the 5122^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6834 individuals. Flagg is most common among White (63.05%) and Black/African American (31.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Flagg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580.