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

The last name Wriggley is most common in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wriggley? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wriggley is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Wriggley occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Wriggley live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Wriggley is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England Wriggley is most frequent in: Greater London, where 50 percent are found and North Yorkshire, where 50 percent are found. Barring England Wriggley is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

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 contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 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
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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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