Rigbey Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Rigbey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rigbey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:3,714,537119,675
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Rigbey Last Name Facts

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

Rigbey has its highest incidence in England. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Rigbey.

How Common Is The Last Name Rigbey? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,323,005th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Rigbey live; 51 percent live in Northern Europe and 51 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,714,537. In England it is most common in: Devon, where 73 percent live, Dorset, where 7 percent live and Gloucestershire, where 7 percent live. Aside from England this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 26 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Rigbey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rigbey has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 62 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rigby9134,129/
Rigbe913,705/
Rigbye832,024/
Risgby834/
Riggby833/
Righby832/
Riguey831/
Riogbe831/
Rigbee831/
Rigber830/
Rigbay830/
Rigvey830/
Rigbie830/
Reigber7774/
Riggbee772/
Raighby771/
Risgbee771/
Rigueye771/
Rigue73153/
Rugby7397/
Rigbi7342/
Regbe7334/
Regby734/
Rigwe732/
Rigve732/
Rygby731/
Rigbayou711/
Rikbeh672,048/
Regber67356/
Raigue6746/
Regbeu6714/
Reigue678/
Rzigue675/
Riguay672/
Rugbee672/
Regbeh671/
Rigbah671/
Rihgue671/
Risgue671/
Rigway671/
Rhugbe671/
Regbie670/
Regbee670/

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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 Rigbey
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