Rigbye Surname

205,095th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,024 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Rigbye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rigbye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel1,8101:4,728697
Australia1201:224,96421,387
England861:647,88437,755
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432

Rigbye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rigbye is more commonly found in Israel than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rigbye? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rigbye is the 205,095th most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,600,566 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Rigbye reside; 89 percent reside in West Asia and 89 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia.

The last name is most commonly used in Israel, where it is held by 1,810 people, or 1 in 4,728. In Israel Rigbye is most numerous in: Jerusalem District, where 98 percent are found, Tel Aviv District, where 1 percent are found and Southern District, where 0 percent are found. Besides Israel this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

Rigbye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rigbye has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Rigbye last name rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rigbey8335/
Rigbee831/
Rigbie830/
Rigbay830/
Riggbee772/
Rigbyaj771/
Rigbayou711/
Regbeu6714/
Regbie670/
Regbee670/
Rigvey670/
Regbaya621/
Regbehai571/
Reguie504/
Requie502/
Ricuiy501/
Riquie501/
Rigvai501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Rigbye
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