Wigley is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wigley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wigley

How popular is Wigley?

Wigley is common in England.

Wigley is ranked 57209 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wigley bearers increased by 1.529903 per cent in 2010 US census to 2920 since 2000, the surname slipped by 633 spots and ranked at 10903. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.03 89.22
Black 8.42 6.68
Hispanic or Latino 2.36 1.01
Others 1.78 2.12
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.96 0.56
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.42
Wigley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Kitts and Nevis is ahead in terms of density. Around 8144 people have been found who wears Wigley as their family name. Wigley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
183 Anguilla7
95,557 Czech Republic6
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
720,003 Russia4
78,945 Argentina3
184,212 France3
108,034 Italy3
50,640 Switzerland2
723,167 Indonesia2
5,553 Taiwan1
7,110 Bosnia1
25,746 Finland1
31,207 Ireland1
16,073 Latvia1
47,891 Norway1
9,591 Panama1
24,176 Qatar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
510 East Timor1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,393 Netherlands35
60,950 Spain28
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
134 Saint Kitts and Nevis69
Countries with hundreds of Wigley:
5,773 Australia511
757 Wales497
18,360 South Africa329
17,540 Canada208
3,988 New Zealand192
Countries with thousands of Wigley:
10,265 United States3,547
3,006 England2,554
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 25 years old workwoman Bridgt. Wigley who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on December 4, 1848 by Queen Of The West put out from Liverpool. 7 years old Maria Wigley, Ann Wigley (5), Workman William Wigley, Agriculturer Edward Wigley, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

Carlo Wigley from Roma, Italy aboard the Fulda from Genoa & Gibraltar on August 18, 1896. He is registered to be 3 years old when he arrived in New York. 32 years old Giuseppe Wigley, Teacher Giuseppe Wigley, U Wigley, aged 40, U Wigley (40), are others that migrated to US.

Wigley Namesakes

  • Beamer Wigley, Musical Artist
  • David Wigley, Cricket Player
  • Mark Wigley, Architect
  • Dafydd Wigley, Politician
  • Dafydd Wigley, Politician
  • Mattie Wigley, Musical Artist
  • Thomas Henry Wigley, Rodolph Wigley's father
  • Christabel Wigley, Actress
  • Mark Wigley, Architect

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