Riedmüller Surname

233,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,728 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Riedmüller Surname User-submission:

Muller in German would be Müller, which is one of the most typical surnames in Germany and Austria. Since the early middle ages German surnames where given very often by professions, in this case a miller.

Riet could refer to a place, where the mill might have been stood.

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Riedmüller Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,3191:61,0357,845
Austria3791:22,4683,536
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Riedmuller (54) are calculated separately.

Riedmüller Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Muller in German would be Müller, which is one of the most typical surnames in Germany and Austria. Since the early middle ages German surnames where given very often by professions, in this case a miller.

Riet could refer to a place, where the mill might have been stood. In German, ried (where the "d" is pronounced as "t") means 'reed' and could refer to a pond or river, where the mill the Rietmuller family might have lived near.

As most of the hints for Rietmuller have been found in South Africa, our might have been happened during the migration process of Riedmüller or Riethmüller, that the spelling changed to its today's form of Rietmuller.

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Riedmüller Last Name Facts

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

The surname Riedmüller is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Riedmuller. Click here to see other possible spellings of Riedmüller.

How Common Is The Last Name Riedmüller? popularity and diffusion

Riedmüller is the 233,413th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,217,330 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Riedmüller reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 1,319 people, or 1 in 61,035. In Germany Riedmüller is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 58 percent reside, Bavaria, where 33 percent reside and Hesse, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Germany Riedmüller exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 22 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

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Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riedmuller9754/
Riedmiller90750/
Reidmüller901/
Riedmüllerová871/
Riedmueller86180/
Riedmeuller862/
Riedmaeller861/
Redmiller840/
Ridmiller840/
Reidmiller80185/
Reedmiller804/
Readmiller800/
Reedmeller800/
Reidmueller763/
Reidmeuller761/
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