The Riggio surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,115 people carried this name — #14,197 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 2,087 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Riggio surname
Variant of Reggio, a habitational surname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Riggio» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 515 people named Riggio live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Riggio.
Most of them — 45 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
56 people named Riggio live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 48 people named Riggio live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Riggio in American newspapers,
1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,295 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Riggio,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leonard Riggio 1941–2024 · businessperson -
Carlo Riggio 1642–1683 · Catholic priest
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Andrea Riggio 1660–1717 · Catholic priest
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Giuseppe Riggio 1758–1830 · pharmacist
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Giuseppe Riggio 1848–1914 · entomologist
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Antonino Riggio 1925–1991 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Riggio.
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