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 more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wriggley? popularity and diffusion

Wriggley is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Wriggley are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Wriggley is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England Wriggley is primarily found in: Greater London, where 50 percent reside and North Yorkshire, where 50 percent reside. Outside of England Wriggley occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Wriggley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wriggley has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 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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