Wiggs Surname

81,634th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,948 people bear this surname

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

Wiggs Surname Definition:

Wigg’s (Son): v. Wigg.

Wiggs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,3691:67,5107,853
England3791:147,01314,138
Australia791:341,71828,950
Canada511:722,46357,796
New Zealand301:150,94417,319
Wales91:343,83718,086
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Guam11:160,1214,893
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2031:120,07611,454
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6631:75,7458,050

Wiggs (18) may also be a first name.

Wiggs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Wigg’s (Son): v. Wigg.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An old personal name. Wig occurs in the ancestry of Cerdic, king of the West Saxons, and Wiga is found in the Domesday of Yorkshire. Hence perhaps Wigson, Wigget, Wiggin, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The genitive form of Wigg.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

1. From Old German wig, strong, warlike, a soldier, &c.; Anglo-Saxon wig war, wiga warrior; Old Norse vig war, vigr warlike. Wig, says Lower, occurs in the ancestry of Cerdic, king of the West Saxons; and Wiga is found in the Domesday of Yorkshire. 2. Same as Wick, Wicks, which see.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Wiggs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wiggs is most common in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiggs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 81,634th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,225,209 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Wiggs are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 18 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 5,369 people, or 1 in 67,510. In The United States Wiggs is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 16 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and Georgia, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in 26 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Wiggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wiggs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiggs surname increased 810 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 187 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wiggs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wiggs surname are 10.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.25% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wiggs earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.52% less than the national average, earning $42,060 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.51% more than the national average, earning $52,916 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wigs8912/
Biggs8052,172/
Viggs8017/
Wigst804/
Whigs800/
Weggs800/
Weigs800/
Beiggs734/
Biggss732/
Buiggs731/
Baiggs731/
Boiggs731/
Veiggs731/
Huiggs730/
Wegs67193/
Bigs6774/
Wiks6730/
Woigsch6712/
Wics677/
Wygs672/
Wixs672/
Wisx671/
Wugs671/
Wigz671/
Wjgs671/
Vigs670/

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