The Rigo Family Name

Search old registers for Rigo and you will soon meet Righi too. Name scholars give the meaning as “Son of Rigo (Enrico)”. Before spelling was fixed, Righi was also written Rigo. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. The same family of names includes Righetti.

781 Americans were listed as Rigo in the 2010 census. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames. Spain's INE counts 1,895 residents with Rigo as first surname and 1,831 with it as second.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Rigo, so the heraldry linked to Righi is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Rigo surname pack.