Wiggington Surname

632,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 483 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wiggington Surname Definition:

Parishes, &c., in cos. Herts, Oxon, Stafford, and York.

Wiggington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4501:805,46462,023
England271:2,063,63279,942
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England411:594,52130,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States981:512,43635,831

Wiggington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Parishes, &c., in cos. Herts, Oxon, Stafford, and York.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Wiggington Last Name Facts

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

Wiggington occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiggington? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wiggington is the 632,228th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,088,087 people. The last name Wiggington is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Wiggington live; 81 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Wiggington is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 450 people, or 1 in 805,464. In The United States Wiggington is most prevalent in: Indiana, where 20 percent are found, Kentucky, where 10 percent are found and Maryland, where 10 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Wiggington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wiggington has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 459 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 34 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wiggington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wiggington last name are 23.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.1% registered with the party.

Wiggington earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.25% more than the national average, earning $43,688 USD per year.

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