Ravenstein Surname

812,930th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Estonia

Ravenstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ravenstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands981:172,31824,957
United States921:3,939,771214,590
Germany611:1,319,76283,187
Canada431:856,87466,382
Venezuela181:1,678,00421,578
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Ravenstein Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ravenstein Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ravenstein is found most in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ravenstein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 812,930th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,246,490 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Ravenstein are found; 48 percent are found in Western Europe and 47 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 172,318. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 34 percent are found, North Brabant, where 27 percent are found and Limburg, where 18 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Germany, where 18 percent are found.

Ravenstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ravenstein has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ravenstein surname grew 613 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ravenstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ravenstein last name are 39.59% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 86.36% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ravenstein earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.37% more than the national average, earning $47,623 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.51% more than the national average, earning $53,412 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ravenstein
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