Wiggetts Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Wiggetts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiggetts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:1,547,72466,012
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland71:534,74514,325
England21:12,187,685173,419

Wiggetts Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wiggetts occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiggetts? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wiggetts is the 2,909,720th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Wiggetts are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most widespread in England, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 1,547,724. In England Wiggetts is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 72 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 14 percent live and Shropshire, where 11 percent live. Excluding England it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Wiggetts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wiggetts has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Wiggetts surname increased 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 114 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiggett932,138/
Wiggets931/
Wigget8651/
Wigges8613/
Wigett8611/
Biggett8042/
Wiggitt8017/
Weigett807/
Widgets807/
Wiggest801/
Weigget801/
Wigette801/
Weggett801/
Wiget771,640/
Wigge77846/
Wiges7742/
Wihietts750/
Waitts7149/
Vietts7110/
Wiggis718/
Bigges718/
Bigget714/
Bigett714/
Weatts714/
Vigets713/
Wieget712/
Wigeht711/
Wiggeh711/
Wigetz711/
Weiget711/
Waiges711/
Whiets710/
Wiggit710/
Weiges710/
Wietzs710/
Wiggea710/
Wige67158/
Weinges6721/
Weigetz6713/
Wietsch677/
Vigette672/
Viggete671/
Beggett671/
Buigett671/
Wheatts671/
Wheiget671/
Wiegies671/
Whaitts671/
Weigger671/
Beggets670/
Voigets670/
Weghett670/
Biggess670/
Wickget670/
Baigget670/
Wainget670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wiggetts
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