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    The surname Wiggins

    A surname, carried by 50,247 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W252

    Wiggins: #685 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Wiggins #685, 50,247 people Wiggins: #685 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wiggins #685, 50,247 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiggins is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 50,247 people named Wiggins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,145 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 48,355.

    #685
    rank among US surnames
    50,247
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #641)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #676Boyer50,7426,085
    #677Garrison50,6866,091
    #678Arroyo50,6146,100
    #679Bond50,6106,100
    #680Kane50,5846,104
    #681Hancock50,5586,107
    #682Callahan50,5246,111

    Who is named Wiggins

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

    55% of people named Wiggins identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wigginss

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Josh Wiggins
      American actor, born 1998
    • Aaron Wiggins
      American basketball player (born 1999)
    • Candice Wiggins
      American basketball player (born 1987)
    • Loudy Wiggins
      Australian diver, born 1979
    • Mitchell Wiggins
      American basketball player (1959–2024)
    • Gary Wiggins
      Australian cyclist (1952–2008)
    • Wiley Wiggins
      American actor, born 1976
    • Ben Wiggins
      British cyclist, born 2005
    • Raphael Saadiq
      American contemporary R&B singer, songwriter and record producer, born 1966

    Notable Wigginss come mostly from the United States (6), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wiggins

    Wiggins has the Soundex code W252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W252.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wiggins?
    50,247 people in the United States had the surname Wiggins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,145 Americans. It ranked 685th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wiggins?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Wiggins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wiggins?
    Josh Wiggins, American actor, followed by Aaron Wiggins.
    Where is the surname Wiggins most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wiggins in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Wiggins getting more or less common?
    More common. 48,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 50,247 in 2010, up 3.9%.