Rigue Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Rigue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rigue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1421:1,507,56650,366
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Rigue (116) may also be a first name.

Rigue Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rigue is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rigue? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rigue is the 1,415,499th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name Rigue occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Rigue live; 94 percent live in South America and 93 percent live in Luso-South America. Rigue is also the 868,627th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 116 people.

It is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 1,507,566. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 37 percent reside, São Paulo, where 35 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent reside. Beside Brazil Rigue is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.

Rigue Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raigue9146/
Reigue918/
Rzigue915/
Rihgue911/
Riguey911/
Risgue911/
Hraigue831/
Righues831/
Rigbe803,705/
Rique802,110/
Regue801,262/
Rigui80209/
Rigwe802/
Règue802/
Rigve802/
Ricue801/
R'Gaigue771/
Reighuer770/
Rig75262/
Riquet732,400/
Riquez73906/
Riquer73506/
Ricque73323/
Risque73126/
Riques73113/
Rigbey7335/
Raique7331/
Reygue7321/
Hrigua7320/
Rizque7311/
Rezgue7311/
Reguei735/
Reguea734/
Ruigui732/
Riquea732/
Riguay732/
Riscue732/
Regwue731/
Riquie731/
Reague731/
Rigbee731/
Reigui731/
Rzigua731/
Rihgui731/
Ruique731/
Rioque731/
Rieque731/
Rigvey730/
Riek6779,311/
Roig6730,334/
Rigg6710,144/
Reig678,448/
Rieg672,697/
Risquez672,393/
Rike672,128/
Riquett67999/
Rzig67609/
Raig67529/
Risquet67338/
Ruig67309/
Rizquez67239/
Raikuea67239/
Risques67177/
Riec67158/
Riqueth67138/
Rigs6754/
Righ6742/
Riog6730/
Risquer6711/
Ricquet6710/
Ricg679/
Rigt675/
Rigz674/
Rizques673/
Ricquez673/
Rigp672/
Rgig672/
Hrig672/
Rizquet672/
Ricouet672/
Rrig672/
Riggbee672/
Ricques671/
Ricquer671/
Rigq671/
Riquetz671/
Rgeg671/
Rigk671/
Rioquei671/
Rigx671/
Rikouhe671/
Raiques671/
Risg671/

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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 Rigue
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