How common is the surname Riggle?

4,047 people in the United States had the surname Riggle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,290 Americans. It ranked 8,201st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Riggle?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Riggle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Riggle most common?

Wikidata records people named Riggle in the United States.

Is the surname Riggle getting more or less common?

More common. 3,918 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,047 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Riggle

A surname, carried by 4,047 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riggle is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,047 people named Riggle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,290 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,918.

#8,201

rank among US surnames

4,047

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,837)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,195	Teter	4,050	76,233
#8,196	McAbee	4,049	76,252
#8,198	Woosley	4,048	76,271
#8,201	Macomber	4,047	76,290
#8,205	Gallup	4,046	76,309
#8,206	Matamoros	4,044	76,347
#8,209	Asuncion	4,042	76,384

Who is named Riggle

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

95% of people named Riggle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Riggles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rob Riggle
American actor, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Riggle

Riggle has the Soundex code R240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R240.

Questions

How common is the surname Riggle?: 4,047 people in the United States had the surname Riggle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,290 Americans. It ranked 8,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Riggle?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Riggle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Riggle?: Rob Riggle, American actor.
Where is the surname Riggle most common?: Wikidata records people named Riggle in the United States.
Is the surname Riggle getting more or less common?: More common. 3,918 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,047 in 2010, up 3.3%.