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Where Does The Last Name Rifel Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Rifel (Russian: Рифель) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rifel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rifel? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 744,013^th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. The last name Rifel occurs mostly in Europe, where 46 percent of Rifel live; 20 percent live in North Asia and 20 percent live in Slavic North Asia. It is also the 840,349^th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 123 people.

It is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 1,143,834. In Russia Rifel is most numerous in: Altai Krai, where 17 percent live, Kemerovo Oblast, where 16 percent live and Kaliningrad Oblast, where 10 percent live. Besides Russia this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 19 percent live and Germany, where 18 percent live.

Rifel Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Rifel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rifel last name fell 63 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rifel Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Rifel surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Rifel surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 40% being registered to vote for the party.