How common is the surname Rigsby?

7,124 people in the United States had the surname Rigsby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,339 Americans. It ranked 4,941st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rigsby?

Jim Rigsby, American racing driver.

Where is the surname Rigsby most common?

Wikidata records people named Rigsby in the United States.

Is the surname Rigsby getting more or less common?

More common. 6,955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,124 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Rigsby

A place surname, carried by 7,124 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rigsby is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Habitational surname from a place in Lincolnshire.

Rigsby is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,124 people named Rigsby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,339 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,955.

#4,941

rank among US surnames

7,124

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,666)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,932	Hung	7,137	43,260
#4,933	Loving	7,135	43,272
#4,934	Bocanegra	7,134	43,278
#4,936	Ridge	7,133	43,284
#4,938	Moll	7,131	43,296
#4,939	Roddy	7,127	43,321
#4,940	Nation	7,125	43,333

Who is named Rigsby

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

84% of people named Rigsby identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rigsbys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Rigsby
American racing driver, 1923–1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rigsby

Rigsby has the Soundex code R210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R210.

Questions

Where does the surname Rigsby come from?: Habitational surname from a place in Lincolnshire.
How common is the surname Rigsby?: 7,124 people in the United States had the surname Rigsby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,339 Americans. It ranked 4,941st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rigsby?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Rigsby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rigsby?: Jim Rigsby, American racing driver.
Where is the surname Rigsby most common?: Wikidata records people named Rigsby in the United States.
What type of surname is Rigsby?: Rigsby is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Rigsby getting more or less common?: More common. 6,955 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,124 in 2010, up 2.4%.