How common is the surname Rigg?

2,783 people in the United States had the surname Rigg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,940 Americans. It ranked 11,339th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rigg?

Rebecca Rigg, Australian actress (born 1967), followed by Bryan Mark Rigg.

Where is the surname Rigg most common?

Wikidata records people named Rigg in Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Rigg getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,783 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Rigg

A surname, carried by 2,783 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rigg is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,783 people named Rigg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,940 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,820.

#11,339

rank among US surnames

2,783

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,453)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,334	Crowson	2,785	110,860
#11,335	Dedios	2,784	110,900
#11,339	Platz	2,783	110,940
#11,341	Greenstein	2,782	110,980
#11,343	Asberry	2,781	111,020
#11,348	Aubuchon	2,780	111,060

Who is named Rigg

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

89% of people named Rigg identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Riggs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rebecca Rigg
Australian actress (born 1967)
Bryan Mark Rigg
American writer, born 1971

Notable Riggs come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rigg

Rigg has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Questions

How common is the surname Rigg?: 2,783 people in the United States had the surname Rigg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,940 Americans. It ranked 11,339th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rigg?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rigg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rigg?: Rebecca Rigg, Australian actress (born 1967), followed by Bryan Mark Rigg.
Where is the surname Rigg most common?: Wikidata records people named Rigg in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Rigg getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,783 in 2010, down 1.3%.