The Flagg surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,834 people carried this name — #5,122 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,589 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

22 people named Flagg is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 22

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In the first U.S. census, 1790

91 families named Flagg, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 500 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 59
New Hampshire 10
Vermont 8
Connecticut 5
Maine 3
New York 2
South Carolina 2
Rhode Island 1
Virginia 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 240 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Flagg in American newspapers,
1895–1914.

Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Flagg
The Sun 1913-11-02
Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Flagg
The Evening World 1895-06-11
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Flagg
The Sun 1914-11-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 118,649 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Flagg in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

847 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Flagg. The most, 333, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 384
Victoria 181
Queensland 134
Western Australia 84
South Australia 30
Tasmania 18
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Flagg.

Who carried it

People named Flagg,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Azariah C. Flagg
    Azariah C. Flagg 1790–1873 · politician
  • George Whiting Flagg
    George Whiting Flagg 1816–1897 · painter
  • John Dana Flagg
    John Dana Flagg 1817–1895 · politician
  • Jared Bradley Flagg
    Jared Bradley Flagg 1820–1899 · painter
  • Ezra Hastings Flagg
    Ezra Hastings Flagg 1823–1875 · politician
  • Ebenezer Flagg 1678–1746

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Flagg,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States691 records

691 records of the Flagg name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 240
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 152
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 120
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 75
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 62
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 36
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Melvin F. Flagg

    Born 1916 in Maine. Enlisted 1941 at Gardiner; shoe factory worker from Kennebec County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Edward Flagg

    Born 1946; from Luxora, Arkansas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1965 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Flagg

    Arrived at New York in 1889 aboard the Eider from Bremen and Southampton, aged 46; tourist. From Bremen, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 691 records for Flagg in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia30 records

30 records of the Flagg name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 17
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 11
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alfd Jas Flagg

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Port Jackson, aged 28; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Flagg

    Arrived in Queensland in 1887 aboard the Merkara, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Flagg

    Gentleman of Windsor, Victoria; died 1913.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Flagg in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Flagg name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Henrietta Louisa Flagg

    Died 1932; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Eliza Flagg

    Died 1872 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Allston Flagg

    Died in service in 1915.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 8 records for Flagg in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Flagg name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Flagg

    Middlesex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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