Rigbe Surname

123,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,705 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Rigbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rigbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia3,7031:26,3423,258
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Rigbe (1,074) may also be a first name.

Rigbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rigbe is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rigbe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 123,247th most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,966,949 people. The last name Rigbe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rigbe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Rigbe is also the 243,917th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 1,074 people.

It is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,703 people, or 1 in 26,342. Outside of Ethiopia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rigbey9135/
Riogbe911/
Rigbee911/
Rigber910/
Rigbie910/
Reigber8374/
Riggbee832/
Risgbee831/
Rigby8034,129/
Rigue80153/
Rigbi8042/
Regbe8034/
Rigve802/
Rigwe802/
Rikbeh732,048/
Regber73356/
Raigue7346/
Regbeu7314/
Reigue738/
Rzigue735/
Risgby734/
Riggby733/
Rugbee732/
Righby732/
Risgue731/
Riguey731/
Rihgue731/
Rhugbe731/
Regbeh731/
Regbee730/
Rigvey730/
Regbie730/
Rigbay730/
Hraigue671/
Raighby671/
Righues671/
Ruggbee670/

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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 Rigbe
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