Rifton Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Rifton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Rifton (73) may also be a first name.
Rifton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rifton Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rifton is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rifton? popularity and diffusion
Rifton is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Rifton live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,134,117th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 73 people.
The last name Rifton is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 33 percent live, Ohio, where 33 percent live and Washington, where 33 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 17 percent live and France, where 17 percent live.
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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 Rifton
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