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    The surname Rigby

    A surname, carried by 6,458 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R210

    Rigby: #5,388 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rigby #5,388, 6,458 people Rigby: #5,388 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rigby #5,388, 6,458 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rigby is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,458 people named Rigby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,808 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,091.

    #5,388
    rank among US surnames
    6,458
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,260)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,383Laing6,46547,756
    #5,384Pablo6,46247,779
    #5,386Witmer6,46147,786
    #5,388Rigby6,45847,808

    Who is named Rigby

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Rigby identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rigbys

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Emma Rigby
      British actress, born 1989
    • Cathy Rigby
      American actress, speaker, and former artistic gymnast (born 1952)
    • Jane R. Rigby
      American astrophysicist, born 1901
    • Elizabeth Eastlake
      British art historian (1809-1893)

    Notable Rigbys come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rigby

    Rigby has the Soundex code R210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R210.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rigby?
    6,458 people in the United States had the surname Rigby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,808 Americans. It ranked 5,388th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rigby?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Rigby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rigby?
    Emma Rigby, British actress, followed by Cathy Rigby.
    Where is the surname Rigby most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rigby in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Rigby getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,458 in 2010, up 6.0%.