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
Rife occurs most in The United States. It may also appear as: Rifé or Rifè. For other possible spellings of Rife click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rife? popularity and diffusion
It is the 55,276th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 792,814 people. The surname Rife occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Rife live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 596,468th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 227 people.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 8,378 people, or 1 in 43,263. In The United States Rife is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 14 percent live, Virginia, where 8 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Rife Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Rife has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 565 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rife Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Rife last name are 21.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.21% being registered to vote for the political 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
Riffey 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
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - 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 Rife
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