Ridenour Surname

46,446th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,161 people bear this surname

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

Ridenour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ridenour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,0071:32,9304,112
Canada1011:364,80832,793
Israel211:407,50632,346
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5851:31,6843,815

Ridenour (21) may also be a first name.

Ridenour Last Name Facts

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

Ridenour (Russian: Ридэноур) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ridenour? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 46,446th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 652,947 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Ridenour reside; 90 percent reside in North America and 90 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,368,944th most common first name on earth, held by 21 people.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 11,007 people, or 1 in 32,930. In The United States Ridenour is most numerous in: Ohio, where 11 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Indiana, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States Ridenour is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Israel, where 0 percent are found.

Ridenour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ridenour has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ridenour last name expanded 694 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ridenour Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ridenour surname are 28.21% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 74.98% registered with the party.

The amount Ridenour earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.12% less than the national average, earning $40,939 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.19% less than the national average, earning $47,104 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ridenour Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ridenour in the Russian language
Ридэноурridenour-

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Ridenour Reference & Research

Ridenour FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Ridenour 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 Ridenour
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