Wigglesworth

English

Etymology

From Old English winċel (“nook, corner”) + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Wigglesworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wigglesworths)

1. A village and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD8056).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Wigglesworthian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wigglesworth is the 26887^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.