How common is the surname Riggins?

12,218 people in the United States had the surname Riggins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,270 Americans. It ranked 2,934th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Riggins?

John Riggins, American football player.

Where is the surname Riggins most common?

Wikidata records people named Riggins in the United States.

Is the surname Riggins getting more or less common?

More common. 11,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,218 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Riggins

A surname, carried by 12,218 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riggins is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

Unexplained, but possibly a variant of Higgins.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,218 people named Riggins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,270 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,385.

#2,934

rank among US surnames

12,218

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,892)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,925	Scarborough	12,252	25,200
#2,926	Dewey	12,249	25,206
#2,927	Alfonso	12,246	25,212
#2,928	Duggan	12,237	25,230
#2,929	Nadeau	12,236	25,233
#2,930	Churchill	12,235	25,235
#2,931	Loya	12,232	25,241

Who is named Riggins

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

51% of people named Riggins identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 42%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rigginss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Riggins
American football player, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Riggins

Riggins has the Soundex code R252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R252.

Questions

Where does the surname Riggins come from?: Unexplained, but possibly a variant of Higgins.
How common is the surname Riggins?: 12,218 people in the United States had the surname Riggins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,270 Americans. It ranked 2,934th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Riggins?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Riggins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Riggins?: John Riggins, American football player.
Where is the surname Riggins most common?: Wikidata records people named Riggins in the United States.
Is the surname Riggins getting more or less common?: More common. 11,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,218 in 2010, up 7.3%.