Rigney is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rigney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Rigney

How popular is Rigney?

Rigney is common in Australia.

Rigney is ranked 50595 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Rigney bearers increased by 2.565804 per cent in 2010 US census to 4637 since 2000, the surname slipped by 346 spots and ranked at 7203. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.48 93.76
Black 2.95 2.41
Hispanic or Latino 2.93 2.06
Others 1.44 0.95
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.67 0.55
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.52 0.27
Rigney is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 9379 people have been found who wears Rigney as their family name. Rigney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,151 Brunei2
139,444 Brazil2
1,500,361 India2
20,186 Kenya2
9,185 Hong Kong2
151,601 Spain1
897,276 Russia1
31,584 Peru1
53,033 Nigeria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
810,193 Indonesia1
20,172 Hungary1
19,533 Uruguay1
77,122 Sweden1
49,101 Denmark1
58,885 Poland1
172,258 Germany1
118,015 Netherlands1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
18,889 New Zealand26
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,536 Northern Ireland83
Countries with hundreds of Rigney:
728 Ireland972
18,862 England285
21,848 Canada162
Countries with thousands of Rigney:
7,047 United States5,429
4,773 South Africa1,370
3,064 Australia1,005
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Martin Rigney from Ireland aboard the Oxford from Liverpool on January 16, 1846 during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in USA. Michael Rigney (20) Farmer, Farmer Morgan Rigney, Farmer Maria Rigney, 28 years old Bernard Rigney, Mary Rigney, aged 30, Martin Rigney, aged 22, Mary Rigney, aged 20, Judy Rigney, aged 14, and 71 other Rigney around 49.06% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster migrated to US.

Rigney Namesakes

  • Tom Rigney, Musician
  • Tom Rigney, Musician
  • Hugh M. Rigney, U.S. representative
  • Topper Rigney, Baseball player
  • Anne Rigney, Visual artist
  • Topper Rigney, Baseball player

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