Kiggins

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uiginn (“son of the Viking”), from uiging (“Viking”). The final -s is a redundant patronymic suffix.

Proper noun

Kiggins (plural Kigginses)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kiggins is the 28215^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 848 individuals. Kiggins is most common among White (93.51%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kiggins”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 302.