The Scoggins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,302 people carried this name — #4,282 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 8,048 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Scoggins surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Scogan’.

An early record he cites: Robert Scogan, Norfolk, 1357 — History of Norfolk (Blomefield and Parkin).

His entry covers Scoggins and Scoging.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 672 · public domain.

In print

Scoggins in American newspapers,
1914–1930.

Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Scoggins
The Indianapolis Times 1925-08-18
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Scoggins
Evening Star 1930-06-26
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Scoggins
The Topeka State Journal 1914-09-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,984 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Scoggins in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1970s.

89 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Scoggins. The most, 34, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 51
New South Wales 12
Queensland 12
ACT (Canberra) 7
South Australia 2
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Scoggins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jim Scoggins 1891–1923 · baseball player
  • Roy Scoggins 1908–1970 · dentist
  • Roy Scoggins 1908–1970 · dentist
  • Jerry Scoggins 1911–2004 · singer
  • Bruce Scoggins 1940–2022 · researcher
  • Eric Scoggins 1959–2009 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Scoggins,
in the records of 3 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 States404 records

404 records of the Scoggins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 282
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 98
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John W. Scoggins

    Born 1918 in Georgia. Enlisted 1940 at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Ebemezer Church Cemetery, Macon, Georgia.

    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 Tony Eugene Scoggins

    Born 1949; from Graham, North Carolina. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1969 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John T. Scoggins

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1881, died 1947; buried at Kerrville National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 404 records for Scoggins in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Scoggins name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Chas Scoggins

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Orient, aged 21; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record David Scoggins

    Gentleman of Diamond Ck, Victoria; died 1954.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Alf Scoggins

    Seaman aboard the West York, Queensland in 1885.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Scoggins 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Scoggins 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 S. Scoggins

    Suffolk Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    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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