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flagg Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from places such as Flagg in Derbyshire and Flags in Nottinghamshire, named from Old English flage or Old Norse flaga ‘slab’, or from Old Norse flag ‘turf’, ‘sod’.

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Distribution of flagg Families in the US in 1920
Number of flagg families
 157-311
 53-156
 1-52
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