Riemer Surname
Approximately 19,472 people bear this surname
Riemer Surname Definition:
(German) One who made and sold harness; descendant of Rimher (mature, army).
Riemer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12,230 | 1:6,583 | 806 |
| United States | 4,580 | 1:79,140 | 9,029 |
| Austria | 837 | 1:10,174 | 1,356 |
| Canada | 447 | 1:82,429 | 9,185 |
| Denmark | 221 | 1:25,542 | 2,602 |
| Poland | 203 | 1:187,235 | 25,479 |
| Brazil | 185 | 1:1,157,159 | 40,218 |
| Netherlands | 141 | 1:119,767 | 18,833 |
| Switzerland | 83 | 1:98,951 | 10,605 |
| Australia | 75 | 1:359,943 | 30,133 |
| Czechia | 61 | 1:174,319 | 26,067 |
| South Africa | 55 | 1:985,049 | 61,274 |
| Sweden | 52 | 1:189,361 | 13,089 |
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Hungary | 38 | 1:258,323 | 20,391 |
| French Polynesia | 31 | 1:9,058 | 1,949 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 298 | 1:168,519 | 15,231 |
Riemer (547) may also be a first name.
Riemer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who made and sold harness; descendant of Rimher (mature, army).
Riemer Demographics
Average Riemer Salary in
United States
$48,655 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Riemer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riemer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Riemer is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Riemer.
How Common Is The Last Name Riemer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 27,606th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 374,258 people. The last name Riemer is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Riemer live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 360,211th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 547 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 12,230 people, or 1 in 6,583. In Germany Riemer is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live and Saxony, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Riemer is found in 50 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent live and Austria, where 4 percent live.
Riemer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Riemer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Riemer last name rose 1,537 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 322 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Riemer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Riemer surname are 17.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.33% being registered with the party.
The amount Riemer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.82% more than the national average, earning 386,982 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 207.08% more than the national average, earning R 729,744 per year; in United States they earn 12.76% more than the national average, earning $48,655 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.91% less than the national average, earning $49,231 CAD per year.
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Riemer Reference & Research
Riemer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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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 Riemer
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