Pigg Surname
Approximately 6,761 people bear this surname
Pigg Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the pig'; compare Hogg, Wildbore, Purcell. Probably the epithet would be less offensive then than now. Two gentlemen named Pigg were about 1882 among our best county cricketers.
Goceline Pig, Norfolk, 1273.
Read More About This SurnamePigg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,916 | 1:61,268 | 7,176 |
| England | 506 | 1:110,115 | 11,388 |
| Finland | 151 | 1:36,402 | 4,696 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 1:1,204,218 | 5,298 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 878 | 1:27,762 | 3,764 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,346 | 1:37,310 | 4,413 |
Pigg (13) may also be a first name.
Pigg Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the pig'; compare Hogg, Wildbore, Purcell. Probably the epithet would be less offensive then than now. Two gentlemen named Pigg were about 1882 among our best county cricketers.
Goceline Pig, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard Pig, Berkshire, ibid.
Walter Pigge, Northamptonshire, ibid.
John Pyg. Rolls of Parliament.
1626. John Pittman and Alice Pigge, widow: Marriage Lic. (London).
1787. Married — Richard Waite and Mary Pigg: St. George, Hanover Square.
This is probably a nickname, ME. pigge, a young swine, a word of doubtful origin. The name is also recorded in England as early as 1273 as Pig and Pigge. The second form is recorded in Aberdeen.
(Scandinavian) a nickname and sign-name from the Pig [Middle English pig(ge must represent Dano-Norwegian pige-svin, a young female swine (cp. Dano-Norwegian pigebarn, a female child)—pige=Swed. piga = Old Norse píka, a girl: note the corresp. Low Ger. bigge, a pig, a little child, and Dutch big, bigge (from), a young female pig (we find the form with p- voiced to b- in this country in the 17th cent.: "In English we call a young swine a bigg.”— R. Holme, ‘Armoury’; New English Dictionary) In common usage -svin (-swine) was dropped, as it was in the case of hog-: v. Hogg. The first three words of Dr. Johnson’s definition of a pig —‘a young sow or boar’—contain the original meaning of the word] This surname is found in the Hundred Rolls as Pig and Pigge.
Richard Pigg was proprietor in Haydon Bridge in 1663 (H.), where the name still remains.
User-submitted Reference
(English) The Pigg surname means 'one who had characteristics of a pig'. Or it could also be a variant of the surname Pegg, meaning 'son of Margaret'.
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Average Male Pigg Height
177.2 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pigg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pigg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pigg (Russian: Пигг) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pigg? popularity and diffusion
Pigg is the 72,889th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,077,880 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Pigg are found; 87 percent are found in North America and 87 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Pigg is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name internationally, held by 13 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 5,916 people, or 1 in 61,268. In The United States it is primarily found in: Tennessee, where 14 percent reside, Missouri, where 10 percent reside and Texas, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside and Finland, where 2 percent reside.
Pigg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pigg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pigg last name grew 440 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 42 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pigg Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pigg surname are 18.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.82% registered with the party.
The amount Pigg earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.42% more than the national average, earning R 328,944 per year; in United States they earn 11% less than the national average, earning $38,404 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.46% more than the national average, earning $50,407 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piggs | 89 | 88 | / |
| Puigg | 89 | 2 | / |
| Paigg | 89 | 0 | / |
| Pig | 86 | 74 | / |
| Piggue | 80 | 113 | / |
| Puig | 75 | 47,066 | / |
| Pegg | 75 | 11,697 | / |
| Paig | 75 | 463 | / |
| Peig | 75 | 456 | / |
| Piog | 75 | 170 | / |
| Pigs | 75 | 70 | / |
| Pigh | 75 | 17 | / |
| Poig | 75 | 9 | / |
| Phig | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pieg | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pigc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ppig | 75 | 1 | / |
| Picg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hpig | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bpig | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pigz | 75 | 0 | / |
| Peggs | 67 | 1,298 | / |
| Pigue | 67 | 726 | / |
| Poigt | 67 | 89 | / |
| Peigh | 67 | 71 | / |
| Puigt | 67 | 62 | / |
| Pishg | 67 | 32 | / |
| Puigh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Paigh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phaig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poihg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piohg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piegh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pejgg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pijjg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pigtd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piegq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phigh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pissg | 67 | 0 | / |
Pigg Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pigg in the Russian language | ||
| Пигг | pigg | - |
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