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
Rigay (Marathi: िरगाय, Oriya: ରିଗାୟ, Russian: Ригай, Tibetan: རིག་རྒྱས།) occurs most in India. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rigay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 615,220th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Rigay reside; 66 percent reside in South Asia and 66 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Rigay is also the 829,183rd most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 126 people.
The last name Rigay is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 331 people, or 1 in 2,317,418. In India Rigay is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 100 percent live. Apart from India this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 33 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
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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