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    The surname Kiggins

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 848 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K252

    Kiggins: #28,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kiggins #28,215, 848 people Kiggins: #28,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kiggins #28,215, 848 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kiggins is more common than 82.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uiginn (“son of the Viking”), from uiging (“Viking”). The final -s is a redundant patronymic suffix.

    Kiggins is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 848 people named Kiggins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 364,087 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 832.

    #28,215
    rank among US surnames
    848
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #27,313)

    Who is named Kiggins

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Kiggins identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kiggins

    Kiggins has the Soundex code K252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K252.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kiggins come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uiginn (“son of the Viking”), from uiging (“Viking”). The final -s is a redundant patronymic suffix.
    How common is the surname Kiggins?
    848 people in the United States had the surname Kiggins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 364,087 Americans. It ranked 28,215th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kiggins?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kiggins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Kiggins?
    Kiggins is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Kiggins getting more or less common?
    More common. 832 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 848 in 2010, up 1.9%.