Reiffers Surname

639,219th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 476 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Luxembourg
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Reiffers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Reiffers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Luxembourg1651:3,518466
France1391:477,86167,615
Netherlands881:191,90026,970
Germany491:1,642,96996,430
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Reiffers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Reiffers is found most frequently in Luxembourg. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Reiffers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 639,219th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,309,970 people. The last name Reiffers occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Reiffers are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in Luxembourg, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 3,518. In Luxembourg it is most frequent in: Esch-sur-Alzette Canton, where 52 percent are found, Clervaux Canton, where 28 percent are found and Luxembourg Canton, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Luxembourg Reiffers occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in France, where 29 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 18 percent are found.

Reiffers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Reiffers surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.

Reiffers earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.86% less than the national average, earning $31,560 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reifers93299/
Reffers9328/
Rieffers889/
Rueffers880/
Rifers860/
Reiffersová844/
Rijfers8088/
Riefers8048/
Reifors806/
Reefers802/
Reufers801/
Ruifers801/
Refors7121/
Rafers710/
Årefors6714/
Raifeherst675/
Raufers675/
Rehfors670/
Rejefors632/
Rafors5720/
Ryfors5718/
Rajfors538/

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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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  • 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 Reiffers
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