Wigglesworth
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English winċel (“nook, corner”) + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wigglesworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English