Wriggley Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wriggley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wriggley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wriggley Last Name Facts

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

Wriggley is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wriggley? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Wriggley reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is most common in: Greater London, where 50 percent reside and North Yorkshire, where 50 percent reside. Other than England Wriggley is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Wriggley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wriggley has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Wriggley last name decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wrigley9310,335/
Wriggle9399/
Wriggly931/
Wriggles8830/
Wrighley883/
Wrigle864/
Wrigly863/
Briggle80343/
Brigley80282/
Wriglay801/
Wregley800/
Wriglaye751/
Brighley751/
Brigle7192/
Breigle6714/
Wriglit672/
Brighle670/
Brighleh632/
Braighle632/
Braighleh591/
Brigli5710/
Bregle570/
Brighli53239/
Breegle53139/
Vregille502/
Bregille502/
Brigella500/

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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
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  • 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 Wriggley
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