Riel Surname
Approximately 11,594 people bear this surname
Riel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 2,550 | 1:6,073 | 776 |
| United States | 2,511 | 1:144,348 | 14,936 |
| Canada | 2,022 | 1:18,222 | 2,577 |
| Philippines | 1,840 | 1:55,021 | 9,168 |
| Germany | 745 | 1:108,061 | 13,350 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Netherlands | 335 | 1:50,409 | 8,633 |
| Austria | 223 | 1:38,186 | 6,158 |
| Denmark | 174 | 1:32,441 | 3,361 |
| Haiti | 115 | 1:92,904 | 4,590 |
| France | 100 | 1:664,227 | 85,408 |
| Indonesia | 90 | 1:1,469,435 | 99,362 |
| Argentina | 69 | 1:619,470 | 43,674 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| South Sudan | 25 | 1:456,603 | 797 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 292 | 1:171,982 | 15,490 |
Riel (3,548) may also be a first name.
Riel Demographics
Riel Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Riel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Riel (Russian: Риэль) is found most in Cambodia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riel? popularity and diffusion
The last name Riel is the 44,802nd most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 628,562 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 44 percent of Riel reside; 39 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 26 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Riel is also the 118,976th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 3,548 people.
It is most frequently held in Cambodia, where it is carried by 2,550 people, or 1 in 6,073. In Cambodia Riel is most common in: Siem Reap Province, where 13 percent are found, Banteay Meanchey Province, where 10 percent are found and Phnom Penh, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Cambodia this surname exists in 56 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 17 percent are found.
Riel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Riel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Riel last name rose 860 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 212 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Riel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Riel surname is predominantly Catholic (57%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Riel surname are 1.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.3% registered with the party.
The amount Riel earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.77% more than the national average, earning $45,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.46% less than the national average, earning $44,488 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Riel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Riel in the Russian language | ||
| Риэль | riel | - |
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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 Riel
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