Riekehr Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Riekehr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Denmark | 23 | 1:245,422 | 19,084 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Riekehr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riekehr Come From? nationality or country of origin
Riekehr is found most in Germany. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riekehr? popularity and diffusion
Riekehr is the 2,121,169th most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname Riekehr occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Riekehr are found; 49 percent are found in Western Europe and 39 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 2,596,950. In Germany Riekehr is mostly found in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 65 percent reside, Saxony, where 6 percent reside and Thuringia, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 29 percent reside and Brazil, where 18 percent reside.
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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
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