How common is the last name Riggs?

32,857 people in the United States have the last name Riggs, about 1 in 9,097. It ranks #1,053 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RIGGS

#1,053

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
32,857
About
1 in 9,097
This common or more
40.3%
Who bears it

Of the 32,857 people with the last name Riggs, 84.4% reported their origin as White, 6.1% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Riggs

#1,051 Mercer · 32,906#1,052 Joyce · 32,875#1,054 Baez · 32,855#1,055 Zapata · 32,804

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Riggs, most common first.

#11,256 Rigg · 2,685#29,333 Riggi · 859

Also a first name

As a first name, Riggs ranks #12,386 of 53,615, with 1,007 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 410 births. See Riggs as a first name

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