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 more commonly found in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rickenbach? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rickenbach is the 257,677th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,769,336 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Rickenbach live; 53 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is held by 832 people, or 1 in 9,871. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Thurgau, where 17 percent live, Canton of Aargau, where 17 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 16 percent live. Other than Switzerland it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 42 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Rickenbach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rickenbach has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rickenbach surname rose 836 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rickenbach Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rickenbach last name are 13.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.37% registered to vote for 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
  • 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 Rickenbach
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