Wrigglesworth

English

Alternative forms

• Wriglesworth

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in Yorkshire now called Woodlesford, from Old English wrīdels (a derivative of wrīd (“plant, bush, thicket”)) + ford (“ford”).

Proper noun

Wrigglesworth (plural Wrigglesworths)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wrigglesworth is the 141140^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 118 individuals. Wrigglesworth is most common among White (93.22%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wrigglesworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.