Explore the Family Name Wigfall

The meaning of Wigfall

English: habitational name from Wigfield (earlier Wigfall) Farm in Worsbrough (Yorkshire), named with the Old English personal name Wicga or Old English wicg ‘horse’, wigga ‘beetle’ + (ge)fall ‘place where trees have been felled’.

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How common is the last name Wigfall in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Wigfall has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname improved from 13,364 to 13,210, marking a 1.15% change. Concurrently, the count of individuals carrying the Wigfall surname rose by 10.66%, from 2,091 in 2000 to 2,314 in 2010. However, the proportion per 100k people remained stagnant at 0.78.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,364	#13,210	1.15%
Count	2,091	2,314	10.66%
Proportion per 100k	0.78	0.78	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wigfall

The ethnicity associated with the surname Wigfall also underwent changes from 2000 to 2010, as indicated in the Decennial U.S. Census data. While the majority identified as Black, decreasing slightly from 92.44% in 2000 to 90.45% in 2010, there were significant shifts in other ethnic identities. People identifying as having two or more races increased significantly by 85.12%, while those identifying as Hispanic more than doubled, showing an increase of 123.64%. On the other hand, the percentage of people identifying as White saw a decrease of 24.36%, and those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native dropped sharply by 61.40%. The percentage of Asian/Pacific Islanders showed modest growth, increasing by 8.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	92.44%	90.45%	-2.15%
Two or More Races	2.15%	3.98%	85.12%
White	3.49%	2.64%	-24.36%
Hispanic	1.1%	2.46%	123.64%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.24%	0.26%	8.33%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.57%	0.22%	-61.4%