Wigmer Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

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

Wigmer Surname Definition:

WIGMER, Wicmore: Most probably from the Old English personal name Wígmær, "war renowned." There are also places named Wigmore in England. A family of this name were prominent burgesses of Edinburgh in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

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Wigmer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Wigmer (12) may also be a first name.

Wigmer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

WIGMER, Wicmore: Most probably from the Old English personal name Wígmær, "war renowned." There are also places named Wigmore in England. A family of this name were prominent burgesses of Edinburgh in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. John Wyggemore, burgess of Edinburgh, who rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, 820 and p. 197) may be the John de Wyggemer who was a witness in the inquiry concerning the Templars in Scotland in 1309 (Wilkins, Concilia, p. 382), and the John Wigmor, burgess of Edinburgh in 1328 (LSC., 87). John Wigmer, alderman of Edinburgh in 1344, may be the John Wigmor lord of Over-Liberton in record in 1362, and the John Wygmer who complained in 1357 that his ships, wrecked in a storm, were plundered near Bamburgh and Tynemouth (Bain, IV, 10). Sir Roger Wygmer had a grant of land in 1392 from the common good of the town of Edinburgh, and was a charter witness there in 1397 (RMS., I, App. I, 157) as Roger Wigmere. In the sixteenth century the family of this name possessed a mansion in Jedburgh, now called "Queen Mary's House," from a tradition that Mary, Queen of Scots, stayed in it far a few days in 1566. The surname seems now to be extinct.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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Wigmer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wigmer is most common in The United States. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wigmer? popularity and diffusion

Wigmer is the 14,316,765th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Wigmer live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wigmer is also the 3,306,491st most numerous forename globally, held by 12 people.

Wigmer is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 362,458,933. In The United States Wigmer is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 100 percent are found.

Wigmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wigmer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wigmer surname fell 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weigmer924/
Wigmert922/
Whigmer921/
Wigmere920/
Wegmer8343/
Waighmier800/
Wigmayr771/
Wegmert771/
Bigmehr771/
Wigmire770/
Vegmer671/
Begmer670/
Wegmayr6280/
Wegmair6228/
Beghmer621/
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