Riekhoff Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Riekhoff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 61 | 1:1,319,762 | 83,187 |
| Netherlands | 32 | 1:527,724 | 48,879 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Riekhoff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riekhoff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Riekhoff is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riekhoff? popularity and diffusion
The surname Riekhoff is the 1,828,462nd most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Riekhoff live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 1,319,762. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 33 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 33 percent reside and Hamburg, where 30 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 31 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Riekhoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Riekhoff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Riekhoff last name fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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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