Rigal surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Rigal surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 214 people carried this name — #82,019 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 4,418 people named Rigal.

84 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Aveyron.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 84
Aveyron 678
Paris 439
Cantal 409
Tarn 370
Hérault 319
Lot 266
Gard 231
Lot-et-Garonne 184

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

45 people named Rigal live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 16
St. Gallen 10
Geneva 9
Fribourg 5
Valais 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Rigal is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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