How common is the surname Wigley?

2,920 people in the United States had the surname Wigley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,735 Americans. It ranked 10,903rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wigley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,876 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,920 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Wigley

A surname, carried by 2,920 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wigley is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,920 people named Wigley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,735 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,876.

#10,903

rank among US surnames

2,920

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,270)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,894	Jelinek	2,924	105,590
#10,897	Honey	2,923	105,626
#10,900	Mozingo	2,921	105,699
#10,903	Wigley	2,920	105,735
#10,907	Gleeson	2,919	105,771
#10,910	Goodyear	2,918	105,807
#10,912	Edelstein	2,917	105,844

Who is named Wigley

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

86% of people named Wigley identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wigley

Wigley has the Soundex code W240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W240.

Questions

How common is the surname Wigley?: 2,920 people in the United States had the surname Wigley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,735 Americans. It ranked 10,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wigley?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Wigley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Wigley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,876 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,920 in 2010, up 1.5%.