Rife Surname
Approximately 9,192 people bear this surname
Rife Surname User-submission:
The Rife surname means 'abundant' or 'widespread'.
Rife Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,378 | 1:43,263 | 5,311 |
| Philippines | 442 | 1:229,046 | 35,113 |
| Canada | 125 | 1:294,765 | 27,374 |
| Spain | 99 | 1:472,243 | 24,257 |
| Argentina | 55 | 1:777,153 | 51,982 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,482 | 1:33,886 | 4,058 |
The alternate forms: Rifé (17) & Rifè (1) are calculated separately.
Rife (227) may also be a first name.
Rife Surname Meaning
Rife Demographics
Average Rife Salary in
United States
$41,097 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rife Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rife Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rife is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Rifé or Rifè. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rife? popularity and diffusion
Rife is the 55,276th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 792,814 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Rife are found; 92 percent are found in North America and 92 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Rife is also the 596,468th most frequently used given name at a global level It is held by 227 people.
The surname Rife is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 8,378 people, or 1 in 43,263. In The United States Rife is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 14 percent are found, Virginia, where 8 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Rife Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rife has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rife last name rose 565 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rife Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rife last name are 21.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.21% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Rife earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.76% less than the national average, earning $41,097 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.52% more than the national average, earning $54,411 CAD per year.
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Rife Reference & Research
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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 Rife
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