Last Name WIGAN

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Meaning	Local: Of Wigan, an important town in South Lancashire. It also could be the son of Wigan. Although it is certain that our Cheshire and Lancashire Wigans hail from the town, it is equally certain that the surname, generally speaking, belongs to 'the son of Wigan.' The son of Wigand. This personal name has made a deep impression upon English nomenclature, and just as Stigand became Stiggin and Stiggins, so Wigand became Wiggin and Wiggins. As regards Wigan, this has in some cases a local parentage.

Origin	English, Irish, Hungarian

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