Rigou Surname
Approximately 742 people bear this surname
Rigou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 354 | 1:31,299 | 4,854 |
| France | 291 | 1:228,257 | 35,399 |
| Argentina | 32 | 1:1,335,732 | 76,713 |
| Romania | 27 | 1:743,625 | 50,353 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Rigou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rigou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rigou is found most frequently in Greece. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rigou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rigou is the 456,246th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 9,821,490 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Rigou reside; 48 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 48 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The surname Rigou is most commonly used in Greece, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 31,299. In Greece Rigou is mostly found in: Attica, where 74 percent are found, South Aegean, where 8 percent are found and Central Greece, where 6 percent are found. Not including Greece Rigou exists in 15 countries. It is also found in France, where 39 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.
Rigou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Rigou has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Rigou surname rose 367 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 Rigou
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