Rigby is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rigby
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Rigby

How popular is Rigby?

Rigby is common in England.

Rigby is ranked 17366 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Rigby bearers increased by 6.025283 per cent in 2010 US census to 6458 since 2000, the surname slipped by 128 spots and ranked at 5388. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.47 89.49
Black 7.9 6.94
Hispanic or Latino 1.69 1.21
Others 1.64 1.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.93 0.77
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.37 0.25
Rigby is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Turks and Caicos Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 30136 people have been found who wears Rigby as their family name. Rigby is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
52,891 United Arab Emirates8
275,830 Ukraine8
7,646 Japan7
46,030 Philippines4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
14,054 China3
10,686 Costa Rica3
108,034 Italy3
18,686 Thailand3
5,443 Dominican Republic2
19,093 Finland2
41,879 Turkey2
2,401 Honduras2
26,123 Malaysia2
4,367 Afghanistan2
6,353 Panama2
23,344 Austria2
10,190 Bahrain1
1,704,541 India1
174,544 Czech Republic1
5,872 Namibia1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,292 Vietnam1
5,553 Taiwan1
28,365 Kenya1
3,071 Jersey1
12,741 Ecuador1
9,498 Iceland1
42,479 Greece1
1,254 Gibraltar1
17,236 Ghana1
49,101 Denmark1
3,350 Fiji1
17,575 Kuwait1
12,270 Lebanon1
6,688 Malawi1
7,895 South Korea1
24,771 Colombia1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
24,176 Qatar1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
11,510 Oman1
47,891 Norway1
3,275 Nepal1
56,169 Mexico1
25,721 Egypt1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
16,483 Chile45
3,075 Cyprus34
514 Isle of Man27
416 Guernsey24
299,005 Indonesia19
377,825 Russia17
90,144 Germany11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
27,716 Spain94
5,778 Uruguay86
22,600 Zimbabwe67
37,331 Netherlands58
5,773 Singapore53
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Rigby:
1,281 Scotland597
719 Wales519
151 The Bahamas425
12 Turks and Caicos Islands411
1,898 New Zealand398
892 Nicaragua372
22,208 Argentina239
840 Guyana165
60,164 Brazil159
61,459 France159
3,314 Ireland120
2,133 Northern Ireland107
2,219 Hong Kong107
Countries with thousands of Rigby:
4,980 United States7,953
863 Australia3,576
5,063 South Africa1,278
3,956 Canada1,162
Countries with ten thousands of Rigby:
593 England11,572
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Rigby was 13 years old when she migrated to New-York during Irish famine on May 15, 1846. She lived in Carrol, Ireland where she worked as maid and took Virginian from Liverpool. Immigrant Catherine Rigby, Mechanic Thomas Rigby, James Rigby (27) Workman, Ellen Rigby, Daniel Rigby (20) Farmer, John Rigby, aged 50, Alice Rigby (30) Immigrant, Mary Rigby, aged 16, and 15 other Rigby around 46.67% of whom were workman while others worked as painter migrated to US.

Rigby Namesakes

  • Amy Rigby, Singer-songwriter
  • Daniel Rigby, Actor
  • Cam Rigby, Basketball Player
  • Cathy Rigby, Actress
  • Cathy Rigby, Actress
  • Daniel Rigby, Actor
  • Will Rigby, Drummer
  • Jody Rigby, Television presenter
  • Gordon Rigby, Screenwriter
  • Harry Rigby, Theatre Producer

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