Wrigg 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 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 6
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 14

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

Wrigg Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wrigg family

Profession Census Frequency
Stuff Weaver 4
Independent 3
Wool Comber Journeyman 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Labourer 2
Hatter 1
Silk Peicer 1
Milliner 1
Painter 1
Cabinet Maker 1
Stone Mason 1
Coal Miner 1
Female Servant 1
Stone Delveri 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wrigg

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wrigg 32
John Wrigg 30
William Wrigg 24
James Wrigg 22
Sarah Wrigg 19
Charles Wrigg 18
Elizabeth Wrigg 18
Ann Wrigg 17
George Wrigg 16
Alice Wrigg 10
Henry Wrigg 10
Harry Wrigg 9
Jane Wrigg 9
Emma Wrigg 8
Joseph Wrigg 7
Thomas Wrigg 7
Robert Wrigg 6
Annie Wrigg 5
Arnold Wrigg 5
Ellen Wrigg 5
Lavinia Wrigg 5
Tom Wrigg 5
Hannah Wrigg 4
Lewis Wrigg 4
Louisa Wrigg 4

Wrigg Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wragg 80% 20,429
2 Wragge 67% 707
3 Wrigg 100% 482
4 Wrig 80% 137

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The surname Wrigg is the 3rd most popular variant of Wragg.

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