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 more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rift? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Rift live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America. Rift is also the 448,725th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 374 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 25,889,924. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 36 percent are found, Texas, where 29 percent are found and New York, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 26 percent are found and Denmark, where 4 percent are found.

Rift Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rift has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rift last name expanded 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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