Ribens Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Ribens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ribens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia181:113,89116,101
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Ribens (55) may also be a first name.

Ribens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ribens is more frequently found in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ribens? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Ribens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Ribens reside; 85 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in Baltic Europe. Ribens is also the 1,336,256th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 55 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 113,891. In Latvia Ribens is primarily concentrated in: Latgale, where 50 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 28 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 17 percent reside. Barring Latvia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 19 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.

Ribens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ribens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ribens surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ribense921/
Reibens920/
Rubens834,502/
Ribins8364/
Rübens837/
Rebens833/
Ribems831/
Reubens77554/
Ruebens77167/
Ruben's774/
Reivens771/
Revns731/
Rubins671,229/
Rubenz6724/
Rubyns6710/
Rebins677/
Rubīns676/
Rybins675/
Rewins671/
Reubins6226/
Ruebins622/
Reavens622/
Rubynsh621/
Rubinsh621/
Rheubins570/
Ribiņš501/

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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 Ribens
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