The Vigo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,252 people carried this name — #21,009 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is up 28% from 977 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,562 people named Vigo 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 296 people named Vigo.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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
76 people named Vigo live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Vigo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lionardo Vigo Calanna 1799–1879 · poet -
Giovan Battista Vigo 1844–1891 · poet -
Giovan Battista Vigo 1844–1891 · poet
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Antonio Vigo 1597–1666 · Catholic priest
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Francis Vigo 1747–1836 · merchant
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Leonardo Vigo Fuccio 1805–1888 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vigo.
- Vigneau 457 · U.S. census
- Vigneaux 141 · U.S. census
- Vigneron 165 · U.S. census
- Vignes 259 · U.S. census
- Vignola 822 · U.S. census
- Vignolo 182 · U.S. census
- Vigor 142 · U.S. census
- Vigue 1,289 · U.S. census
- Viguerie 126 · U.S. census
- Vil 463 · U.S. census
- Vila 3,016 · U.S. census
- Vilanova 329 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Vigo is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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