Rielke Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Rielke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rielke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
Denmark71:806,38843,211

Rielke (23) may also be a first name.

Rielke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rielke has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rielke? popularity and diffusion

Rielke is the 2,876,555th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. Rielke is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rielke reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name globally, borne by 23 people.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 2,064,243. In Germany Rielke is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent live, Brandenburg, where 26 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 26 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rilke91375/
Relke91213/
Rielk917/
Roelke83700/
Ruelke8380/
Reulke8314/
Relkie8314/
Relkey834/
Reilke832/
Rillke832/
Rilkey832/
Raelke830/
Rlke801/
Roelcke7773/
Roehlke7755/
Roelkey7752/
Roellke7752/
Rillcke7711/
Ruelkke771/
Rhelker771/
Rülke73636/
Rölke73539/
Rilka7357/
Rylke7353/
Rilki7328/
Relka7327/
Relki736/
Rleke732/
Rälke731/
Rilky731/
Rueløkke7140/
Reilecke7120/
Realce67230/
Röhlke67138/
Rülker67104/
Rölker6761/
Röllke6752/
Rölcke6729/
Rühlke6725/
Rölkes6724/
Rülcke678/
Railka677/
Relque674/
Rleker673/
Rüllke672/
Relche672/
Ryllke672/
Roulke671/
Rehlka670/
Roelky670/

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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 Rielke
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