Wiglesworth Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 7
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 20

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wiglesworth Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wiglesworth family

Profession Census Frequency
Musician 4
Scholar 3
Worsted Weaver 2
Curate Of Castleth Orpe Hanslope 1
Docters Widow 1
General Practitioner 1
Housemaid Domestic 1
Medical Student 1
Inn Keeper & Musician 1
Coach Painter 1
Domestic Servant 1
Draper's Clerk 1
Farmer Of 60 Acres Employ 1 Man 1
Furnishing Apprentice 1
Gentleman 1
Pocket Knife Grinder 1
Railway Labourer 1
Roller At Works 1
Worsted Mill Hand 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wiglesworth

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wiglesworth 37
John Wiglesworth 20
Elizabeth Wiglesworth 19
Thomas Wiglesworth 18
William Wiglesworth 18
Joseph Wiglesworth 16
Arthur Wiglesworth 13
James Wiglesworth 13
Henry Wiglesworth 11
Sarah Wiglesworth 11
Edward Wiglesworth 9
Alice Wiglesworth 8
Charles Wiglesworth 6
Edith Wiglesworth 6
Emily Wiglesworth 6
Emma Wiglesworth 6
George Wiglesworth 6
Jane Wiglesworth 6
Ann Wiglesworth 5
Agnes Wiglesworth 4
Bertha Wiglesworth 4
Eliza Wiglesworth 4
Ellen Wiglesworth 4
Hannah Wiglesworth 4
Isaac Wiglesworth 4

Wiglesworth Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wigglesworth 92% 10,087
2 Wiglesworth 100% 403
3 Wigelsworth 82% 229

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The surname Wiglesworth is the 2nd most popular variant of Wigglesworth.

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