Wrigby 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
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 2

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

Wrigby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wrigby family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Cotton Winder 1
Weaver 1
Beer Seller 1
Mechanic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wrigby

Name Census Frequency
John Wrigby 11
William Wrigby 11
Elizabeth Wrigby 10
Sarah Wrigby 10
Joseph Wrigby 9
Mary Wrigby 9
James Wrigby 8
Maria Wrigby 6
Annie Wrigby 5
Charles Wrigby 5
George Wrigby 5
Thomas Wrigby 5
Ann Wrigby 4
Walter Wrigby 4
Alice Wrigby 3
Edward Wrigby 3
Harriet Wrigby 3
Henry Wrigby 3
Margaret Wrigby 3
Martha Wrigby 3
Samuel Wrigby 3
Ada Wrigby 2
Agnes Wrigby 2
Alfred Wrigby 2
Arthur Wrigby 2

Wrigby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rigby 83% 58,878
2 Rigbey 67% 284
3 Wragby 83% 235
4 Wrigby 100% 185

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The surname Wrigby is the 4th most popular variant of Rigby.

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