Last Name RIGGS

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Meaning	Local: Of the ridge. Practically a compromise between Rigg and Ridge. From the Danish 'rig,' wealthy, rich; or the name may be local, and denoting a steep elevation, a range of hills, or the upper part of such a range.

Origin	English, Dutch, Native American, South african

Rank	947 (2000 US census)	886 (1990 US census)

Count	33,868 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

89.44%, or 30292 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.83%, or 1975 total occurrences, as black,
0.34%, or 115 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.46%, or 494 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.48%, or 501 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.44%, or 488 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...