Riffy Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belgium

Riffy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riffy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Riffy (139) may also be a first name.

Riffy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Riffy is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Riffy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Riffy is the 6,723,624th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Riffy are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Riffy is also the 784,558th most widespread given name world-wide. It is borne by 139 people.

The last name Riffy is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Riffy is most frequent in: Alabama, where 25 percent live, Illinois, where 25 percent live and Maryland, where 25 percent live. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 13 percent live and Brazil, where 13 percent live.

Riffy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Riffy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Riffy surname decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riffey911,102/
Riffay91200/
Rify892/
Riffaya831/
Reiffey830/
Riffi805,011/
Riffe804,112/
Ruffy801,238/
Rifay80877/
Riffa80294/
Réffy8022/
Rifiy8015/
Reffy808/
Rifey806/
Rifoy803/
Riffé801/
Roify801/
Raify801/
Riffai73812/
Reffay73615/
Riffet73465/
Riffer73359/
Riffee73347/
Rifaay73290/
Raiffe73122/
Roiffe7364/
Rieffe7352/
Reffey7350/
Reiffe7349/
Riffis7338/
Riffie7334/
Raiffi7326/
Revffy7321/
Raiffa7317/
Rifaya7314/
Hraify739/
Ruffey738/
Raiffé734/
Rifaiy734/
Roiffé734/
Rifahy732/
Riffit731/
Risffi731/
Riffep731/
Riffei731/
Riffez731/
Reffiy731/
Rifych731/
Riffed731/
Rioffe730/
Rifa6714,052/
Rife679,192/
Rifi676,488/
Reiffer67373/
Riffett6752/
Réfy6725/
Rifé6717/
Riffitt6717/
Raiffie6714/
Raiffer6712/
Rufy6712/
Refy679/
Rifá678/
Rishfuy674/
Ryfy673/
Riffaih673/
Riffait671/
Rjfy671/
Riffaai671/
Rieffeh671/
Rifè671/
Rriffer670/
Riffets670/
Raiffes670/

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Riffy 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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Riffy
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis