Diggles Surname

481,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 692 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Diggles Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Diggle,' once a farmstead, scarcely a hamlet, in the parish of Saddleworth, on the Yorkshire border of South Lancashire. Whilst this seems to be the undoubted parent of the name in Lancashire, there is a trace of another family of Diggles in the West country, possibly of baptismal origin.

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Diggles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4121:879,75566,617
Australia1471:183,64418,462
England1161:480,32831,110
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2061:118,32711,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Diggles Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Diggle,' once a farmstead, scarcely a hamlet, in the parish of Saddleworth, on the Yorkshire border of South Lancashire. Whilst this seems to be the undoubted parent of the name in Lancashire, there is a trace of another family of Diggles in the West country, possibly of baptismal origin.

Richard Diggle, of Manchester, linenwedster, 1637: Wills at Chester.

William Diggel, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1696. Samuel Diggle and Elizabeth Cley: Marriage Lic.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English or Scandinavian) belonging to Diggle (Yorks) = the Dike Slope or Corner [Old English díc or Old Norse díki (Danish- Norwegian dige) + Old English heal(h or Old Norse hall-r]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The latter name bore a fesse between three eagles displayed (Robson). De Aquilis, three eagles displ. on a chief; and De Aquila, or an eagle close gu. It would seem that this is some branch of the De L’Aigles, Barons of L’Aigle, Normandy, of whom Richer de Aquila accompanied the Conqueror, and obtained the barony of Pevensey, Sussex.

The Norman People (1874)

Diggles Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Diggles Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Diggles is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Diggles.

How Common Is The Last Name Diggles? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 481,560th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,531,136 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Diggles live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 412 people, or 1 in 879,755. In The United States Diggles is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 58 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Virginia, where 4 percent live. Other than The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 21 percent live and England, where 17 percent live.

Diggles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Diggles has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Diggles surname rose 936 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 44 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Diggles Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Diggles last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

The amount Diggles earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.92% less than the national average, earning $35,850 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.95% less than the national average, earning $48,215 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diggle922,108/
Digles9238/
Diggler8687/
Diggils866/
Diegles864/
Daigles861/
Diggels861/
Deggles861/
Duggles860/
Digle8352/
Duggless800/
Daigle7733,555/
Digler77162/
Dugles7735/
Diegle7735/
Degles7729/
Diglys7711/
Diglet779/
Diglis779/
Deigle775/
Dhigle774/
Digley774/
Diggla772/
Diogle772/
Doigle772/
Dighle771/
Daigls771/
Diglie771/
Digleh771/
Duigle770/
Digils770/
Daigleish751/
Daigler71586/
D'Aigle71135/
Daigele7154/
Digluis7142/
Dugless715/
Deigele715/
Diglley712/
Daigley712/
Dickglesch712/
Deigler712/
Doingle712/
Dioglei711/
Dighler711/
Deingle711/
Deagles711/
Diglehi711/
Deglese711/
Doigler711/
Duigley710/
Duigler710/
Dugglis710/
Degle67723/
Digli67177/
Digla67150/
Dioglois6729/
Deangles6725/
Digly675/
Diglé672/
Deighler671/
Deigelis671/
Deighley671/
Dughless670/

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