Riefner Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Riefner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riefner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States791:4,588,088240,017
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Riefner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Riefner occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Riefner click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Riefner? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,034,059th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Riefner occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Riefner are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Riefner is most common in The United States, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 4,588,088. In The United States Riefner is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 51 percent are found, Florida, where 16 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 13 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 7 percent are found.

Riefner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Riefner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Riefner surname grew 878 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Riefner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Riefner surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Riefner earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.48% more than the national average, earning $50,260 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rieffner930/
Rifner9284/
Refner9273/
Reffner86867/
Riffner86106/
Reifner8666/
Ruefner862/
Reufner860/
Ruifner860/
Reafner860/
Refenner8038/
Rueffner801/
Rufner77194/
Rüfner7747/
Ruffner714,572/
Reifnerová714/
Refnihr714/
Roufner710/
Raufner710/
Ruffnerr672/
Rauffner671/
Riifness671/
D'Ruffner631/

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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 Riefner
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