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    The surname Rigor

    A Spanish surname, carried by 533 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Rigor: #40,909 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rigor #40,909, 533 people Rigor: #40,909 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rigor #40,909, 533 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rigor is more common than 74.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Rigor; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 533 people named Rigor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 429.

    #40,909
    rank among US surnames
    533
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.2%
    change since 2000 (was #46,678)

    Who is named Rigor

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

    60% of people named Rigor identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.1% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 60%
    • White (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Two or more races 7.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rigor

    Rigor has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rigor come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Rigor; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.
    How common is the surname Rigor?
    533 people in the United States had the surname Rigor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 579,260 Americans. It ranked 40,909th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rigor?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Rigor identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rigor getting more or less common?
    More common. 429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 533 in 2010, up 24%.