Rigg Family History
Rigg Name Meaning
English: variant of Ridge 1.German: from a short form of any of several Germanic personal names based on ric ‘power(ful)’.Possibly a variant of the Swiss family name Rüegg (see Ruegg).
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Name Distribution of Rigg Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rigg families
 64 - 125  22 - 63 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rigg families
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499 - 996 167 - 498 |
1 - 166 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rigg families
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16 - 29 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rigg census records
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Rigg Family Origin
Rigg Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Rigg
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Rigg Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Rigg Civil War Service Records
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