Riekie Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Riekie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Riekie (1,028) may also be a first name.
Riekie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riekie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Riekie is found most frequently in Australia. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riekie? popularity and diffusion
The last name Riekie is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 48 percent of Riekie reside; 41 percent reside in Northern Europe and 41 percent reside in British Isles. Riekie is also the 250,249th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,028 people.
The last name is most numerous in Australia, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 2,076,592. In Australia it is primarily found in: New South Wales, where 38 percent reside, Western Australia, where 38 percent reside and South Australia, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Australia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 25 percent reside and England, where 16 percent reside.
Riekie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Riekie has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people bearing the Riekie last name increased 550 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 86 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Riekie
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