Rigay Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
Rigay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 331 | 1:2,317,418 | 75,822 |
| Philippines | 164 | 1:617,306 | 66,289 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Rigay (126) may also be a first name.
Rigay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rigay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rigay (Marathi: िरगाय, Oriya: ରିଗାୟ, Russian: Ригай, Tibetan: རིག་རྒྱས།) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rigay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 615,220th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,546,000 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Rigay reside; 66 percent reside in South Asia and 66 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 829,183rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 126 people.
The last name Rigay is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 331 people, or 1 in 2,317,418. In India Rigay is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 100 percent are found. Outside of India this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 33 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rigay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rigay in the Tibetan language | ||
| རིག་རྒྱས། | rikgyé | - |
| Rigay in the Oriya language | ||
| ରିଗାୟ | rigaya | - |
| Rigay in the Marathi language | ||
| िरगाय | iragaya | - |
| Rigay in the Russian language | ||
| Ригай | rigaj | - |
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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 Rigay
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