Wignall Family History
Wignall Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Wignal, a minor place
near Holmes in the parish of Croston, so named from the genitive case
of the Old English byname Wicga (see Wigley) + Old
English h(e)alh ‘nook’, ‘corner’, ‘recess’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wignall Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wignall families
 14 - 26  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wignall families
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607 - 1,212 203 - 606 |
1 - 202 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wignall families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wignall Family Origin
Wignall Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Wignall
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Wignall Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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