# Riggio (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/riggio/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,115 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,197 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 145,979 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (2,087 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Riggio.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Riggio in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

Riggs, Riccio, Rigg, Reyes, Ruiz, Ross, Rose, Rice, Rios, Reese, Rocha, Rich.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.