Riesmeier Surname
Approximately 318 people bear this surname
Riesmeier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 309 | 1:260,535 | 27,919 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Riesmeier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riesmeier Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Riesmeier is found most in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riesmeier? popularity and diffusion
Riesmeier is the 857,026th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 22,916,811 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Riesmeier reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 309 people, or 1 in 260,535. In Germany Riesmeier is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 46 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 32 percent live and Thuringia, where 11 percent live. Besides Germany it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.
Riesmeier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Riesmeier has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 82 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Riesmeier
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