Ridenton Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Ridenton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ridenton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:5,571,806158,774
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Ridenton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ridenton is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ridenton? popularity and diffusion

Ridenton is the 5,812,366th most commonly held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Ridenton live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,571,806. In England it is primarily found in: Somerset, where 50 percent live, Greater London, where 40 percent live and Kent, where 10 percent live. Not including England it occurs in one country. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 9 percent live.

Ridenton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ridenton has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Ridenton last name expanded 333 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Ridenton
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