Rickenbacher Surname

252,790th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,565 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Rickenbacher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rickenbacher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland1,3761:5,969928
United States1191:3,045,873177,373
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

The alternate forms: Rickenbächer (1) are calculated separately.

Rickenbacher Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rickenbacher has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It can also be found as: Rickenbächer. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rickenbacher? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 252,790th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,656,579 people. The last name Rickenbacher occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Rickenbacher are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is borne by 1,376 people, or 1 in 5,969. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 25 percent live, Canton of Schwyz, where 20 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 11 percent live. Excluding Switzerland Rickenbacher occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.

Rickenbacher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rickenbacher has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,082 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rickenbacher Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rickenbacher last name are 5.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.85% being registered with the political party.

Rickenbacher earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.79% less than the national average, earning $42,378 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rickenbächer971/
Rikenbacher961/
Reickenbacher960/
Ricenbacher960/
Richenbacher9232/
Rickenbecher921/
Reichenbacher88616/
Richenbächer831/
Reichenbächer80467/
Rechenmbacher801/

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Rickenbacher 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 Rickenbacher
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