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Biggar
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English
Etymology
Probably from en non bygg barley + non geiri gore, triangular plot of land, or from en ang beow + en ang gāra, same meaning.
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
~ s
en village dist/Barrow-in-Furness co/Cumbria cc/England OS grid ref SD186662.
en town/and/civil parish council area/South Lanarkshire co/Lanarkshire cc/Scotland OS grid ref NT045375.
en town p/Saskatchewan c/Canada.
en rurmun in western p/Saskatchewan c/Canada the Rural Municipality of Biggar No. 347.
en habitational Old Norse.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Biggar is the 30735th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 758 individuals. Biggar is most common among White (95.91%) individuals.
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