Riefer Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Riefer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riefer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3361:239,60026,292
United States1321:2,745,901164,003
France131:5,109,440259,941
England81:6,964,757184,742
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Riefer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Riefer is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Riefer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Riefer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 617,991st most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 14,633,626 people. The last name Riefer is primarily found in Europe, where 72 percent of Riefer reside; 70 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 336 people, or 1 in 239,600. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Saarland, where 57 percent are found, Hesse, where 17 percent are found and Bavaria, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.

Riefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Riefer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Riefer surname rose 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Riefer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Riefer surname are 18.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.63% registered with the political party.

Riefer earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.53% less than the national average, earning $42,489 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rieffer92267/
Riefert9267/
Refer91177/
Riefe91172/
Rifer9165/
Rieffert8629/
Rieferth861/
Reifer831,461/
Reefer83611/
Riffer83359/
Rifert83354/
Raifer83297/
Ruefer83183/
Reufer83121/
Roefer8376/
Reffer8370/
Rieffe8352/
Reyfer8338/
Refert8322/
Riferd8317/
Referd8312/
Refere836/
Redfer835/
Reafer834/
Roifer833/
Risfer832/
Riefee832/
Raefer832/
Riofer831/
Riefet831/
Resfer830/
Rhifer830/
Riffert77802/
Reifert77696/
Reiffer77373/
Rueffer77276/
Reffert77231/
Riffier77132/
Redfear7737/
Reuffer7716/
Raiffer7712/
Redferd774/
Rifferd773/
Reeifer773/
Hraifer773/
Redfere772/
Raeffer771/
Ruefher771/
Redferz771/
Reifeer771/
Rejfert771/
Referre771/
Rieffeh771/
Rriffer770/
Reisfer770/
Reaffer770/
Riffere770/
Rehfert770/
Reeffer770/
Raiferd770/
Rufer732,986/
Rüfer73124/
Refre73117/
Ryfer7336/
Riefa7325/
Refir732/
Reihofer71252/
Reiffert71180/
Reiferth7127/
Raihofer7123/
Redfeard713/
Reffertt711/
Reyhofer711/
Riffertt711/
Repfeirt710/
Reiferdt710/
Rheiffer710/
Richferd710/
Rüffer672,803/
Ruffer671,328/
Raufer67520/
Rhefir67342/
Refior67233/
Rajfer6741/
Riefai6741/
Reffre6726/
Rafeer6724/
Royfer6722/
Rufier6720/
Rijefi6712/
Repher6712/
Rayfer677/
Rafear677/
Refoir677/
Rupfer677/
Ryfert676/
Rifair673/
Refier672/
Roufer672/
Riofir672/
Refair671/
Rehver671/
Rijfir671/
Rűffer671/
Rüfert671/
Rafeir671/
Ryffer671/
Ruhfer670/

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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 Riefer
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