Rickenbacker Surname

556,360th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 572 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Rickenbacker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rickenbacker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5641:642,65851,628
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:784,66749,209

Rickenbacker Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rickenbacker is found most in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rickenbacker.

How Common Is The Last Name Rickenbacker? popularity and diffusion

It is the 556,360th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 12,740,465 people. The surname Rickenbacker occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Rickenbacker reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 564 people, or 1 in 642,658. In The United States Rickenbacker is primarily found in: South Carolina, where 27 percent are found, New York, where 15 percent are found and Ohio, where 10 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Rickenbacker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rickenbacker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rickenbacker last name increased 881 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rickenbacker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Rickenbacker are 0.85% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.08% registered with the party.

Rickenbacker earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.5% less than the national average, earning $36,031 USD per year.

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Rickenbacker Reference & Research

Rickenbacher FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Rickenbacker
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis