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    The surname Riggan

    A surname, carried by 1,434 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R250

    Riggan: #19,004 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Riggan #19,004, 1,434 people Riggan: #19,004 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Riggan #19,004, 1,434 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riggan is more common than 88.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,434 people named Riggan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,304 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,406.

    #19,004
    rank among US surnames
    1,434
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,230)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,004Joly1,434215,304
    #19,012McGuffey1,433215,454

    Who is named Riggan

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

    92% of people named Riggan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Riggan

    Riggan has the Soundex code R250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Riggan?
    1,434 people in the United States had the surname Riggan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,304 Americans. It ranked 19,004th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Riggan?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Riggan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Riggan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,434 in 2010, up 2.0%.