Riecke Surname
Approximately 2,314 people bear this surname
Riecke Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Rieck, a pet form of Rieckert (rule, hard).
Riecke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,463 | 1:55,028 | 7,142 |
| United States | 665 | 1:545,051 | 45,128 |
| Denmark | 50 | 1:112,894 | 10,491 |
| Poland | 33 | 1:1,151,780 | 76,152 |
| Mexico | 29 | 1:4,280,214 | 27,059 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Hungary | 16 | 1:613,517 | 35,830 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 93 | 1:539,986 | 37,316 |
Riecke (18) may also be a first name.
Riecke Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Rieck, a pet form of Rieckert (rule, hard).
Riecke Demographics
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Riecke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riecke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Riecke is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riecke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Riecke is the 183,523rd most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,149,328 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Riecke are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most common first name world-wide It is held by 18 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 1,463 people, or 1 in 55,028. In Germany Riecke is most frequent in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 20 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live. Apart from Germany it exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Denmark, where 2 percent live.
Riecke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Riecke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Riecke last name increased 715 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Riecke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Riecke last name are 24.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.08% being registered with the political party.
The amount Riecke earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 53.22% less than the national average, earning 161,906 kr per year and in United States they earn 15.59% more than the national average, earning $49,878 USD per year.
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