Last Name WIGLEY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of Wigley, i.e. the meadow that belonged to Wigg.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	10,270 (2000 US census)	9,378 (1990 US census)

Count	2,876 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

89.22%, or 2566 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
6.68%, or 192 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.56%, or 16 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.12%, or 61 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.01%, or 29 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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