Rijeka Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Rijeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 16 | 1:264,288 | 27,725 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Rijeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rijeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rijeka is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rijeka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Rijeka occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Rijeka are found; 77 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 73 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Rijeka is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 264,288. In Croatia Rijeka is primarily concentrated in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 94 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 6 percent are found. Beside Croatia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent are found and Cyprus, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Rijeka
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