The Rigaud surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 662 people carried this name — #34,272 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 23% from 539 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,572 people named Rigaud.
78 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
53 people named Rigaud live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Rigaud,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eudes Rigaud 1200–1275 · archbishop -
Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil 1643–1725 · colonial administrator -
Hyacinthe Rigaud 1659–1743 · painter -
Hyacinthe Rigaud 1659–1743 · painter
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Marguerite Elisabeth Rigaud 1697–1772 -
Jean Rigaud d. 1323 · prelate
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rigaud.
When the index is not enough
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