Pigg
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Frequency: (1676)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English (mainly Durham and Northumbria): from Middle English pigge ‘young hog’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or nickname for someone supposedly resembling a hog.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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Mentioned in
Landon Pigg
(Rock Artist, 2000s)
Muppet Babies Video Storybook, Vol. 3
(1988 Adventure Film)
Billy Pigg
(World Artist, '20s-'60s)
LP
(2006 Album by Landon Pigg)
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