Riga is used as a family name or surname in Latvia. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Riga
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Latvia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Riga

How popular is Riga?

Riga is common in Latvia.

Riga is ranked 35026 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Rigas grew by 8.316832 per cent to 547 since 2000 and ranked 40082 after elevating 679 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.78 93.07
Hispanic or Latino 2.38 2.97
Others 1.46 0.99
Black 1.1 0
Riga is quite popular family name mostly used in Greece while Latvia is ahead in terms of density. Around 14195 people have been found who wears Riga as their family name. Riga is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,411 Czech Republic8
101,066 Zimbabwe5
25,156 Azerbaijan5
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
23,165 Romania3
26,321 Israel3
24,766 Scotland2
41,879 Turkey2
13,552 Qatar2
18,035 Egypt2
14,621 Croatia2
11,224 Cameroon2
9,185 Hong Kong2
50,640 Switzerland2
14,521 Portugal2
62,864 New Zealand1
53,033 Nigeria1
31,584 Peru1
801 Cape Verde1
25,746 Finland1
3,350 Fiji1
37,493 Austria1
16,228 Bulgaria1
30,360 Thailand1
20,172 Hungary1
58,885 Poland1
47,891 Norway1
3,214 Niger1
2,333 Montenegro1
56,169 Mexico1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
40,340 Malaysia1
24,460 Armenia1
2,935 Madagascar1
12,745 Luxembourg1
29,046 Japan1
50,549 Georgia1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
262,046 India45
31,418 Belarus38
57,245 Spain31
17,174 Moldova27
4,169 Cyprus26
42,407 Sweden22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
25,821 Netherlands97
7,068 Lithuania90
27,919 Australia84
51,036 Tanzania61
4,082 Estonia61
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Riga:
20,565 Russia808
39,534 United States706
2,595 Belgium624
23,792 Brazil525
11,205 Ukraine510
19,326 France502
11,024 Argentina493
22,254 Germany471
30,822 Philippines387
20,379 South Africa292
38,159 Indonesia258
17,816 Canada204
28,709 England161
9,538 Venezuela151
23,004 Kazakhstan110
4,554 Lebanon105
Countries with thousands of Riga:
253 Greece3,612
5,893 Italy1,803
53 Latvia1,765
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

50 years old laborer Anna Riga who was residing in Calvanico, Italy migrated to New York on February 16, 1891 by Chandernagor put out from Naples. Antonio Riga, Antonio Riga (21) Tailor, 41 years old Antonio Riga, 28 years old Bonifacio Riga, 26 years old Carmine Riga, 1 years old Caterina Riga, Cosima Riga (27) Laborer, Tailor Cosmo Riga, and 18 other Riga around 71.43% of whom were laborer while others worked as tailor migrated to US from Naples, Amsterdam, Mediterranean Ports and Trieste & Palermo.

Comments

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Reita Vaca
Riga is a Walloon ric shape, Germanic root meaning nickname powerful rich man who creates a surname.

Riga Namesakes

  • John Rigas, Franchiser
  • Agostina Rigato, Felice Maniero's wife
  • Albert of Riga, Bishop
  • Alexandros Rigas, Television Director
  • Amandine Rigaud, Actor
  • Cécile Rigaux, Olympic athlete
  • Antoine Rigaudeau, Basketball Player
  • Aurélien Rigaux, Basketball Player
  • Susanna Rigacci, Singer
  • Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Politician

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