Rickenbach Surname

257,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Rickenbach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rickenbach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland8321:9,8711,609
United States6441:562,82446,323
France161:4,151,420237,746
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
England31:18,572,686338,250
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States771:652,19142,935

Rickenbach Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rickenbach is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rickenbach? popularity and diffusion

Rickenbach is the 257,677th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,769,336 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Rickenbach reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Rickenbach is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 832 people, or 1 in 9,871. In Switzerland it is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Thurgau, where 17 percent are found, Canton of Aargau, where 17 percent are found and Canton of Zürich, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Switzerland this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 42 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Rickenbach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rickenbach has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rickenbach last name grew 836 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rickenbach Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rickenbach surname are 13.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.37% registered with the political party.

Rickenbach earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.1% more than the national average, earning $45,350 USD per year.

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Rickenbach Reference & Research

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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 Rickenbach
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