Riffen Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Riffen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riffen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Riffen Last Name Facts

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

Riffen is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Riffen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Riffen occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Riffen reside; 73 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 73 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This surname is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 3,686,778. In Malaysia Riffen is mostly concentrated in: Johor, where 75 percent are found, Kelantan, where 13 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 13 percent are found. Other than Malaysia Riffen is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 9 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 9 percent are found.

Riffen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Riffen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Riffen surname fell 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reiffen92128/
Rijffen921/
Rifffen920/
Rifen91153/
Riffn911/
Riffin83883/
Ruffen83288/
Reifen8343/
Ruifen839/
Rifeng835/
Reffen834/
Rifien834/
Rifent831/
Reiffin7723/
Hryffen7717/
Ruifeng7716/
Ruffien7714/
Reffien776/
Hriffin771/
Rifffin771/
Riffing771/
Ruffenn770/
Rifin731,884/
Refen7311/
Rufen7311/
Ruffn732/
Rifem731/
Reifienė712/
Raifienė711/
Reifenth710/
Ryffenck710/
Ruffin6722,817/
Reffin67170/
Rüffin6734/
Roifin6717/
Raifin6715/
Rifing6712/
Refeen6712/
Rufien6711/
Rifina678/
Riffim675/
Ruffín673/
Reifin672/
Rifinì671/
Risfin671/
Refenc671/
Ryffin671/

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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 Riffen
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