Wigginton Surname

113,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,061 people bear this surname

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

Wigginton Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Wigginton (several), Anglo-Saxon *Wig(g)an-tún = Wig(g)a’s Estate [Wig(g)an~, genit. ot Wig(g)a (v. Wlgg) + Old English tún, farm, estate, &c.] Wigginton, Staffs, was Wicgintun in the 11 th cent.; also Wigetone (Domesday-Bk.

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Wigginton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,3291:108,87911,894
England4781:116,56511,884
Australia1211:223,10521,260
Canada521:708,56956,910
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Wales121:257,87814,969
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3331:73,1998,070
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5311:94,5749,673

Wigginton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Wigginton (several), Anglo-Saxon *Wig(g)an-tún = Wig(g)a’s Estate [Wig(g)an~, genit. ot Wig(g)a (v. Wlgg) + Old English tún, farm, estate, &c.] Wigginton, Staffs, was Wicgintun in the 11 th cent.; also Wigetone (Domesday-Bk.). The Oxfordsh. parish was Wygynton in the 13th cent. The Herts place was Wygenton in the 13th cent. The N. Yorks township was Wichistun in Domesday- Bk., as if the scribe thought that the pers. name was Wigg(e (genit. Wigges).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Wigginton (Wicga’s village), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A location name in Hertfordshire, Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Wigginton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wigginton occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wigginton? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 113,885th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,794,520 people. The surname Wigginton is mostly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Wigginton reside; 81 percent reside in North America and 81 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 3,329 people, or 1 in 108,879. In The United States Wigginton is primarily found in: Kentucky, where 12 percent reside, Texas, where 11 percent reside and Mississippi, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States it occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Wigginton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wigginton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 627 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 144 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wigginton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wigginton surname are 16.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.94% registered with the party.

The amount Wigginton earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 12.07% less than the national average, earning R 208,944 per year; in United States they earn 0.11% less than the national average, earning $43,102 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.09% less than the national average, earning $43,676 CAD per year.

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