Riggey Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Riggey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Riggey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riggey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Riggey is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riggey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Riggey reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.
This surname is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 1,428,668. In England it is most common in: Suffolk, where 49 percent reside, West Midlands, where 46 percent reside and Cheshire, where 3 percent reside.
Riggey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Riggey has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Riggey last name rose 557 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Riggey
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