Reifferscheidt Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Reifferscheidt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Reifferscheidt Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2411:334,04832,981
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Reifferscheidt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Reifferscheidt occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Reifferscheidt click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Reifferscheidt? popularity and diffusion

Reifferscheidt is the 1,028,911th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Reifferscheidt live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 241 people, or 1 in 334,048. In Germany Reifferscheidt is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 3 percent reside. Beside Germany Reifferscheidt exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reifferscheid96375/
Reiferscheidt961/
Reiferscheid9280/
Reiffersheid921/
Reiferscheit920/
Riferzi573/
Rauf Rashid561/
Riforgiat5222/
Ravurshid527/
Rafia Rasheed521/

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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 Reifferscheidt
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