Riethausen Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Riethausen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riethausen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443

Riethausen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Riethausen is found most in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Riethausen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,944,094th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Riethausen reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 1,916,797. In Germany Riethausen is most numerous in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 50 percent reside, Saxony, where 29 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 5 percent reside.

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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 Riethausen
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