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    The surname Rigney

    A surname, carried by 4,637 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R250

    Rigney: #7,203 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rigney #7,203, 4,637 people Rigney: #7,203 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rigney #7,203, 4,637 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rigney is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,637 people named Rigney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,583 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,521.

    #7,203
    rank among US surnames
    4,637
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #6,857)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,199Tristan4,64266,511
    #7,200Serafin4,64166,526
    #7,201Tryon4,63866,569
    #7,203Rigney4,63766,583

    Who is named Rigney

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

    91% of people named Rigney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rigneys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Igby Rigney
      American actor, born 2003

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rigney

    Rigney 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 Rigney?
    4,637 people in the United States had the surname Rigney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,583 Americans. It ranked 7,203rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rigney?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Rigney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rigney?
    Igby Rigney, American actor.
    Where is the surname Rigney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rigney in the United States.
    Is the surname Rigney getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,521 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,637 in 2010, up 2.6%.