Reiferscheid Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Reiferscheid Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Reiferscheid Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany801:1,006,31869,119
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Reiferscheid Last Name Facts

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

Reiferscheid is found most in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Reiferscheid? popularity and diffusion

Reiferscheid is the 2,106,139th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname Reiferscheid occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Reiferscheid live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 1,006,318. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 9 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent reside.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reifferscheid96375/
Reiferscheidt961/
Reifferscheidt92245/
Reiffersheid921/
Reiferscheit920/
Riferzi633/
Rauf Rashid611/
Ravurshid577/
Rafia Rasheed561/
Referza5327/
Refrege532/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Reiferscheid
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