Riethmüller Surname
Approximately 2,862 people bear this surname
Riethmüller Surname User-submission:
Muller in German would be Müller, which is one of the most typical surnames in Germany and Austria. Since the early middle ages German surnames where given very often by professions, in this case a miller.
Riet could refer to a place, where the mill might have been stood.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,828 | 1:28,467 | 3,739 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Riethmuller (999) are calculated separately.
Riethmüller Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Muller in German would be Müller, which is one of the most typical surnames in Germany and Austria. Since the early middle ages German surnames where given very often by professions, in this case a miller.
Riet could refer to a place, where the mill might have been stood. In German, ried (where the "d" is pronounced as "t") means 'reed' and could refer to a pond or river, where the mill the Rietmuller family might have lived near.
As most of the hints for Rietmuller have been found in South Africa, our might have been happened during the migration process of Riedmüller or Riethmüller, that the spelling changed to its today's form of Rietmuller.
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Where Does The Last Name Riethmüller Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Riethmüller is most common in Germany. It can also occur as: Riethmuller. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riethmüller? popularity and diffusion
The last name Riethmüller is the 153,588th most commonly used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 2,546,312 people. Riethmüller occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Riethmüller are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Riethmüller is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 2,828 people, or 1 in 28,467. In Germany Riethmüller is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 34 percent live, Thuringia, where 22 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Chile, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riethmuller | 97 | 999 | / |
| Rietmüller | 95 | 38 | / |
| Rithmüller | 95 | 23 | / |
| Riethmller | 95 | 9 | / |
| Rethmüller | 95 | 1 | / |
| Riethmiller | 91 | 257 | / |
| Riethmöller | 91 | 2 | / |
| Riemüller | 90 | 2 | / |
| Riethmueller | 87 | 42 | / |
| Riethmoeller | 87 | 1 | / |
| Rittmüller | 86 | 80 | / |
| Rietmuller | 86 | 76 | / |
| Rithmiller | 86 | 41 | / |
| Rüthmüller | 86 | 6 | / |
| Rietmiller | 86 | 1 | / |
| Riethmille | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rethmiller | 86 | 0 | / |
| Reithmiller | 82 | 58 | / |
| Rietmueller | 82 | 9 | / |
| Rithmoeller | 82 | 2 | / |
| Rithmueller | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ritmiller | 80 | 125 | / |
| Riemiller | 80 | 0 | / |
| Reithmueller | 78 | 0 | / |
| Rittmiller | 76 | 171 | / |
| Rittmöller | 76 | 2 | / |
| Ruthmöller | 76 | 1 | / |
| Ruthmiller | 76 | 0 | / |
| Reitmiller | 76 | 0 | / |
| Ristmiller | 76 | 0 | / |
| Rettmueller | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ruthmueller | 73 | 0 | / |
| Rytmyller | 70 | 1 | / |
| Riismøller | 67 | 32 | / |
| Rittmueller | 64 | 131 | / |
| Rihimilla | 60 | 7 | / |
| Ryemiller | 60 | 0 | / |
| Ryemle | 59 | 1 | / |
| Rehtmiller | 57 | 0 | / |
| Rehımlı | 56 | 1 | / |
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