Rigal Surname

45,855th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Rigal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rigal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France9,7961:6,781575
United States3021:1,200,19585,425
Spain1401:333,94319,434
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Cuba1051:109,7403,143
Argentina821:521,26138,206
India751:10,227,538196,136
Germany631:1,277,86481,414
Mexico601:2,068,77019,099
Sudan491:765,5142,614
Belgium491:234,62529,441
Venezuela481:629,25211,082
Austria361:236,54028,356
Russia341:4,238,913201,756
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Switzerland311:264,93321,684
French Polynesia311:9,0581,949
England281:1,989,93178,001
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Wales41:773,63329,106
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Haiti31:3,561,30220,668
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Rigal (714) may also be a first name.

Rigal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rigal Come From? nationality or country of origin

Rigal (Hindi: रीगल, Marathi: िरगल, Russian: Ригаль) is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rigal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rigal is the 45,855th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 644,630 people. The last name Rigal is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Rigal live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Rigal is also the 309,041st most frequent first name in the world, borne by 714 people.

It is most frequent in France, where it is held by 9,796 people, or 1 in 6,781. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Occitanie, where 42 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 14 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 14 percent are found. Aside from France Rigal exists in 55 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.

Rigal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rigal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rigal surname grew 2,517 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 933 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rigal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Rigal last name are 43.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.55% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Rigal earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.9% less than the national average, earning $41,466 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.26% less than the national average, earning $42,100 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raigal911,217/
Rigail91858/
Rigall91336/
Reigal91114/
Riegal9185/
Rigalt9184/
Rigale9114/
Riggal917/
Righal914/
Rigald912/
Ruigal911/
Riggall831,127/
Rigaill83385/
Rigalle8355/
Raingal833/
Riggald831/
Ruigale831/
Rigahal831/
Reigale831/
Riggail831/
Reigall831/
Rishgal831/
Regal806,083/
Rigol801,143/
Rugal80315/
Rygal80141/
Régal809/
Rigalova773/
Richgail771/
Rigaultd771/
Raighale771/
Rigole73891/
Raygal73414/
Regale73145/
Rigoll73138/
Regall7350/
Rigolt7348/
Reghal7322/
Regahl7321/
Reagal739/
Rugall737/
Rigold735/
Reygal733/
Rajgal732/
Régall731/
Rehgal731/
Reegal731/
Regalt730/
Regail730/
Rigolle67612/
Regahal67304/
Rigoult67119/
Righolt67106/
Regault6720/
Regauld679/
Reegald674/
Reggall671/
Regalle671/
Reagale671/
Raighol671/
Rajgale671/
Rijgole671/
Riggold670/
Riggoll670/

Rigal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rigal in the Marathi language
िरगलiragala75.68
रीगलrigala21.62
िरगळiragala2.7
Rigal in the Hindi language
रीगलrigala73.91
रिगलrigala20.29
रिगलाrigala4.35
्रिगलाrigala1.45
Rigal in the Russian language
Ригальrigal-

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Rigal Reference & Research

Riegel DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Riegel FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rigal
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