Riffle Surname

74,301st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Riffle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riffle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,5571:55,2786,592
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
France111:6,038,429280,838
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0991:45,6955,278

Riffle (13) may also be a first name.

Riffle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Riffle is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Riffle? popularity and diffusion

Riffle is the 74,301st most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,101,503 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Riffle live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous given name internationally, held by 13 people.

The surname Riffle is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 6,557 people, or 1 in 55,278. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 23 percent live, West Virginia, where 18 percent live and California, where 5 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 0 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Riffle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Riffle has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Riffle surname grew 597 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Riffle Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Riffle are 13.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.47% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Riffle earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 12.46% less than the national average, earning $37,772 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.41% more than the national average, earning $73,736 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rifflet92310/
Riffler9291/
Rieffle9215/
Riffley928/
Riffles925/
Riffile921/
Rifle9135/
D'Riffle861/
Reiffler861/
Riffelle860/
Ruffle831,193/
Riefle83220/
Reffle83155/
Riflet83152/
Rifles8388/
Rifley8373/
Räffle8362/
Rifleu8357/
Rifler8326/
Rüffle8325/
Reifle8311/
Riffli836/
Riffly831/
Riflee831/
Reifler77685/
Ruffley77355/
Rüffler77154/
Reffler77118/
Rifflis7731/
Räffler7730/
Rueffle778/
Raifler772/
Rieffly772/
Rufflie772/
Refflet772/
Riefflé771/
Ripfile770/
Reffley770/
Rufflee770/
Rifla73384/
Refle73184/
Rufle73181/
Rüfle7356/
Rifli7338/
Räfle7320/
Ryfle7312/
Rifly734/
Riffelli7126/
Ruffelle717/
Refflett711/
Rifail6780/
Ruefle6775/
Rupfle6766/
Refler6719/
Refile6715/
Reffly6713/
Ryfler6711/
Refles6711/
Räfler679/
Ruffli677/
Rufley676/
Refleh675/
Reflet675/
Refley674/
Ruflee672/
Reflie671/
Reffli671/
Rufflé671/
Reflee671/
Rieflé671/
Refleu671/
Riefly671/
Ruffly670/
Reufle670/
Ruflie670/
Ryfles670/

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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 Riffle
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