Wigglesworth
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English
Etymology
From Old English winċel (“nook, corner”) + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).
Proper noun
Wigglesworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wigglesworths)
- A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8056).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wigglesworth is the 26887th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 903 individuals. Wigglesworth is most common among White (82.28%) and Black/African American (11.52%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wigglesworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.