Wigg Family History
Wigg Name Meaning
nickname from Middle English
wigge ‘beetle’, ‘bug’.metonymic occupational name for a
maker of fancy breads baked in rounds and then divided up into
wedge-shaped slices, Middle English wigge, from Middle Dutch
wigge ‘wedge(-shaped cake)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wigg Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wigg families
 12 - 22  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wigg families
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105 - 208 36 - 104 |
1 - 35 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wigg Family Origin
Wigg Immigration Information
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Wigg Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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