Wigton

From the Old English personal name Wicga, a byname from wicga (“earwig”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Wigton (countable and uncountable, plural Wigtons)

1. A market town and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale district (OS grid ref NY255481). ^[1]
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wigton is the 30863^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 754 individuals. Wigton is most common among White (95.89%) individuals.

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

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