Riebesell Surname

492,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 672 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Riebesell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riebesell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5161:156,01818,631
United States1501:2,416,393148,665
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Riebesell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Riebesell is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Riebesell? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 492,243rd most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 10,844,562 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Riebesell live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 516 people, or 1 in 156,018. In Germany Riebesell is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 73 percent live, Hamburg, where 12 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent live. Not including Germany this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live and Argentina, where 0 percent live.

Riebesell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Riebesell surname are 25.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.22% registered to vote for the party.

Riebesell earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.05% more than the national average, earning $47,919 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riebessell952/
Riesbesell951/
Riebesel94136/
Riebesehl89635/
Riewesell89236/
Riebeseel8938/
Riebessel891/
Reibesell891/
Riebeshl823/
Rievesel821/
Rievesehl7827/
Ribeschel787/
Riesbeshl782/
Rebegel75225/
Ribisel7528/
Riebele7511/
Rubesehl710/
Rievel6718/
Ribisl6714/
Ribežl673/
Ribezl672/
Ribizel634/
Ribežil631/
Rubisel631/
Rubissel591/
Rubisill591/
Răbăgel5032/
Rebozil501/

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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 Riebesell
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