Driggers
Driggers is a surname. It arrives from Celtic descent, and is thought to be a name given to "Dredge Diggers" and slowly changed to Driggers. It is also believed to be a branch of the "Rodriguez" surname in the Southern United States, beginning with Emmanual Rodriguez. Emmanual Rodriguez is believed to have been an African settler in Virginia.[1] Today in the Southern United States, Driggers can be found in descendants of tri-racial isolate groups such as the [Ankles], [[1]], and [[2]] as well as distinct Native American groups in the Southeast such as the Catawba.[2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Nate Driggers (born 1973), American basketball player
- Scott Driggers (born 1962), American handball player
See also
- Driggers D1-A, American monoplane
- Walt Driggers Field, baseball venue in Texas, United States
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