Surname Rigo in modern Croatia

Rigo families are often Croats and they are mostly from Nasice , less frequently Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and Zagreb. In Granice in Nasice every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Rigo.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Rigo live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Nasice (20), Pazin (15), Rovinj (10), and in Osijek (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rigo (including: Riego , Riggio , Riggo , Righero , Rigó , Erigo , Righo and Rhigo ) is present in 85 countries worldwide. "Riggo " is used by some 400 people in Brazil , small number in Sweden , and small number of people in the United States. "Riggio " is used by some 4000 people in Italy , about 3000 in the United States , and some 800 people in Argentina. "Righero " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , about 90 in Italy , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Irene Rigo, Ana Rigo, Robert Rigo, Hrvoje Rigo, Tatjana Rigo, Ljiljanka Rigo, Dario Rigo, Serđo Rigo, Vinko Rigo, Mirko Rigo, Lučano Rigo, Marino Rigo, Oliano Rigo, Ljubica Rigo, Damir Rigo, Etore Rigo, Vesna Rigo, Mario Rigo, Aleksandra Rigo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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