Wigley Family History
Wigley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from places in Derbyshire and Hampshire,
named from the Old English byname Wicga (meaning ‘beetle’,
‘insect’) or Old English wicga ‘beetle’, ‘insect’ +
leah ‘wood’, ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wigley Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wigley families
 118 - 234  40 - 117 |
 1 - 39  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wigley families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wigley Family Origin
Wigley Emigration Information (US)
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Wigley Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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