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The surname Riggio

An Italian surname, carried by 2,115 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R200

Riggio: #14,197 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Riggio #14,197, 2,115 people Riggio: #14,197 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Riggio #14,197, 2,115 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riggio is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Riggio.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,115 people named Riggio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,979 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,087.

#14,197
rank among US surnames
2,115
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1.3%
change since 2000 (was #13,386)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,191Majano2,116145,910
#14,197Riggio2,115145,979
#14,201Neher2,114146,048

Who is named Riggio

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

93% of people named Riggio identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Riggio

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

Other Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Riggio come from?
Borrowed from Italian Riggio.
How common is the surname Riggio?
2,115 people in the United States had the surname Riggio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,979 Americans. It ranked 14,197th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Riggio?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Riggio identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Riggio getting more or less common?
More common. 2,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,115 in 2010, up 1.3%.