How common is the surname Wrigley?

2,289 people in the United States had the surname Wrigley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,882 Americans. It ranked 13,326th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wrigley?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wrigley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wrigley?

William Wrigley, American businessman (1861-1932).

Where is the surname Wrigley most common?

Wikidata records people named Wrigley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Wrigley?

Wrigley is /ˈɹɪɡli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Wrigley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,289 in 2010, up 9.9%.

The surname Wrigley

A surname, carried by 2,289 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹɪɡli/ 2 syllables Soundex W624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wrigley is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,289 people named Wrigley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,882 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,082.

#13,326

rank among US surnames

2,289

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+9.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,415)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,322	Trumbull	2,290	134,823
#13,326	Lamotte	2,289	134,882
#13,330	Bothwell	2,288	134,941
#13,334	Korb	2,287	135,000

Who is named Wrigley

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

94% of people named Wrigley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wrigleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Wrigley
American businessman (1861-1932)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wrigley

Worsley

Wrigley has the Soundex code W624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W624.

Questions

How common is the surname Wrigley?: 2,289 people in the United States had the surname Wrigley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,882 Americans. It ranked 13,326th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wrigley?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wrigley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wrigley?: William Wrigley, American businessman (1861-1932).
Where is the surname Wrigley most common?: Wikidata records people named Wrigley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Wrigley?: Wrigley is /ˈɹɪɡli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Wrigley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,289 in 2010, up 9.9%.