Reifner Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Reifner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Reifner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
Austria111:774,13064,097
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Reifner Last Name Facts

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

Reifner is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Reifner? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,352,516th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Reifner are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany it is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 22 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 22 percent live and Hamburg, where 19 percent live. Other than Germany it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 17 percent live and Sweden, where 9 percent live.

Reifner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Reifner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Reifner last name declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rifner9284/
Refner9273/
Reffner86867/
Riffner86106/
Riefner8685/
Ruefner862/
Reufner860/
Ruifner860/
Reafner860/
Refne838/
Reifnerová824/
Refenner8038/
Rueffner801/
Rieffner800/
Rafner77102/
Refnes7715/
Raffner71252/
Refness718/
Refnihr714/
Roufner710/
Raufner710/
Rifna67695/
Refni67553/
Rifni6775/
Refna6717/
Rauffner671/
Refennge670/
Rifnaa621/
Rafenne5716/
Rafness572/
Rayfene571/
Raffenne53273/
Raphenne5323/
Rafneesh531/
Rafni50372/
Rafna5058/
Reffienna5012/

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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 Reifner
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