Rift Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Djibouti

Rift Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rift Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:25,889,924709,614
India61:127,844,230863,365
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Rift (374) may also be a first name.

Rift Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rift (Hindi: रिफत, Russian: Рифт) is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rift? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rift is the 4,116,508th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Rift are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 448,725th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 374 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 25,889,924. In The United States Rift is mostly concentrated in: California, where 36 percent reside, Texas, where 29 percent reside and New York, where 21 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 26 percent reside and Denmark, where 4 percent reside.

Rift Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rift has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rift surname grew 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rift Last Name Statistics demography

Rift earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 67.03% more than the national average, earning $72,073 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reift8953/
Rieft892/
Rifth891/
Hrift891/
Rif862,782/
Raifet802/
Reifet802/
Reifte801/
Reif7518,431/
Rife759,192/
Raif754,640/
Rief754,005/
Riff752,620/
Roif75523/
Riof75384/
Reft75134/
Ruft75114/
Rijf7533/
Ruif7525/
Rhif7512/
Rizf757/
Ryft755/
Rrif754/
Hrif752/
Risf751/
Rifs751/
Rivt751/
Reiff679,923/
Riffe674,112/
Rieff67852/
Reifs67389/
Raiff67307/
Hraif67242/
Rijff67168/
Raife67163/
Rufft6793/
Roife6779/
Roiff6755/
Reife6750/
Raaif6733/
Rioff6714/
Rhaif6710/
Reeft672/
Raidf671/
Raifh671/
Rhief671/
Riwwf671/
Hriff671/
Reisf671/
Hrief671/
Ruitv671/
Raifz671/
Ruiff671/
Rievf671/
Rivfe670/
Riefh670/
Hreft670/
Richf670/
Rhife670/
Riffs670/

Rift Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rift in the Hindi language
रिफतriphata88.95
रीफतriphata10.47
Rift in the Russian language
Рифтrift-

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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 Rift
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