The surname Wiginton
A surname, carried by 1,140 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 1,140 people named Wiginton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 270,829 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,154.
#22,543
rank among US surnames
1,140
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-1.2%
change since 2000 (was #21,192)
Who is named Wiginton
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Wiginton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Wiginton
Wiginton 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 Wiginton?
- 1,140 people in the United States had the surname Wiginton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,829 Americans. It ranked 22,543rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wiginton?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wiginton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Wiginton getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,140 in 2010, down 1.2%.