Riggs is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Riggs
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Riggs

How popular is Riggs?

Riggs is common in United States.

Riggs is ranked 11643 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Riggs bearers increased by 1.883784 per cent in 2010 US census to 34506 since 2000, the surname slipped by 64 spots and ranked at 1011. The last name was found in around 117 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.67 89.44
Black 6.09 5.83
Hispanic or Latino 2.38 1.44
Others 1.82 1.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.58 1.46
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.47 0.34
Riggs is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Turks and Caicos Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 45929 people have been found who wears Riggs as their family name. Riggs is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
823,980 India6
318,252 Ukraine6
9,759 Japan5
10,542 China4
8,411 Costa Rica4
1,650 Niger3
119,730 Brazil3
16,605 Austria3
20,541 Peru3
1,879 Honduras3
35,184 Poland3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
108,034 Italy3
26,123 Malaysia2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
5,217 Zambia2
20,186 Kenya2
91,784 Netherlands2
4,104 South Korea2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
18,718 Thailand2
53,033 Nigeria1
10,958 Bangladesh1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
846 American Samoa1
7,191 Afghanistan1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
13,606 Senegal1
810,193 Indonesia1
2,190 Barbados1
2,057 Isle of Man1
36,814 Romania1
1,254 Gibraltar1
36,678 Singapore1
25,746 Finland1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
12,741 Ecuador1
120,357 Argentina1
4,435 Togo1
24,460 Armenia1
91,024 Belgium1
165,773 Belarus1
49,529 Israel1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
23,537 Switzerland45
18,843 Chile36
269,016 Russia29
62,267 Spain27
270 Turks and Caicos Islands12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
6,532 Scotland79
3,881 Hong Kong59
6,104 Wales56
5,846 Ireland55
Countries with hundreds of Riggs:
4,498 Canada997
3,334 Australia925
22,254 Germany471
34,535 Philippines322
7,729 Ghana320
19,321 South Africa310
1,581 Botswana251
17,404 Mexico209
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
2,495 Panama131
6,864 New Zealand107
Countries with thousands of Riggs:
4,242 England1,753
Countries with ten thousands of Riggs:
948 United States39,323
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman William Riggs from Ireland aboard the J.Z. from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in New-York on May 17, 1849. Eliza Riggs (25) Workwoman, Infant William Riggs, 22 years old George Riggs, May-A. Riggs, Edward Riggs (20) Workman, 9 years old John Riggs, May Riggs (7), Ellen Riggs (5), and 5 other Riggs around 42.86% of whom were workman while others worked as iron moulder migrated to US.

Riggs Namesakes

    Derek Riggs, British artist, known for being the artistic creator of Eddie the Head, the mascot of heavy metal band Iron Maiden
    Seth Riggs, American vocal trainer and founder of Speech Level Singing technique
  • Lewis Riggs, U.S. representative
  • Seth Riggs, Vocal coach
  • Bobby Riggs, Tennis player
  • Bobby Riggs, Tennis player
  • Scotty Riggs, Professional wrestler
  • Adam Riggs, Baseball player
  • Callie Riggs, Talent manager
  • Scotty Riggs, Professional wrestler
  • Lew Riggs, Baseball player
  • Chandler Riggs, Child actor
  • In 2000 action, horror film, Mrs. Death 2: Hells Fury, Franklin Riggs played Bruce.
  • Kole Riggs, from 2016 drama flick Blue Guitar, who portrayed Kole.
  • In 2011 comedy flick, South of Southern, Alisa Riggs characterized Anabelle Honeycut.

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