Kiggins
English
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Irish Mac Uiginn (“son of the Viking”), from uiging (“Viking”). The final -s is a redundant patronymic suffix.
Proper noun
editKiggins (plural Kigginses)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kiggins is the 28215th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 848 individuals. Kiggins is most common among White (93.51%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kiggins”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 302.