# Wiggins (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wiggins/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 50,247 |
| US rank (2010) | 685 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,145 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (48,355 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wiggins in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wiggins in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Wiggins

- Josh Wiggins, American actor
- Aaron Wiggins, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Candice Wiggins, American basketball player (born 1987)
- Loudy Wiggins, Australian diver
- Mitchell Wiggins, American basketball player (1959–2024)
- Gary Wiggins, Australian cyclist (1952–2008)
- Wiley Wiggins, American actor
- Ben Wiggins, British cyclist
- Raphael Saadiq, American contemporary R&B singer, songwriter and record producer

## Similar surnames

Wigington, Washington, Wisniewski, Wozniak, Wysong, Wisneski, Weisinger, Wasinger, Weissinger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.