The surname Wigginton
A surname, carried by 2,413 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex W253
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,413 people named Wigginton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,951 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,369.
#12,785
rank among US surnames
2,413
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+1.9%
change since 2000 (was #12,084)
Who is named Wigginton
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Wigginton identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Wigginton
Wigginton has the Soundex code W253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W253.
Questions
- How common is the surname Wigginton?
- 2,413 people in the United States had the surname Wigginton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,951 Americans. It ranked 12,785th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wigginton?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Wigginton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Wigginton getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,369 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,413 in 2010, up 1.9%.