Rijkens Surname
Approximately 427 people bear this surname
Rijkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 397 | 1:42,537 | 7,203 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Rijkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rijkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rijkens is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rijkens? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 692,305th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 17,066,852 people. The last name Rijkens occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Rijkens reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 397 people, or 1 in 42,537. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Groningen, where 31 percent live, South Holland, where 17 percent live and Drenthe, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands Rijkens exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reijkens | 93 | 1 | / |
| Rikens | 92 | 3 | / |
| Reijskens | 88 | 2 | / |
| Rickens | 86 | 253 | / |
| Riekens | 86 | 98 | / |
| Ritkens | 86 | 20 | / |
| Reikens | 86 | 6 | / |
| Ruikens | 86 | 2 | / |
| Riokens | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rikkens | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rikensh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rieckens | 80 | 44 | / |
| Reickens | 80 | 0 | / |
| Rykens | 77 | 33 | / |
| Rekens | 77 | 8 | / |
| Rikins | 77 | 0 | / |
| Richens | 71 | 2,675 | / |
| Roekens | 71 | 617 | / |
| Roukens | 71 | 381 | / |
| Ruykens | 71 | 64 | / |
| Ruicens | 71 | 44 | / |
| Reckens | 71 | 8 | / |
| Ryskens | 71 | 7 | / |
| Riskins | 71 | 3 | / |
| Rizkins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Reekens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Reeskens | 67 | 152 | / |
| Roeykens | 67 | 133 | / |
| Roeckens | 67 | 50 | / |
| Redjkins | 67 | 46 | / |
| Reuskens | 67 | 27 | / |
| Recns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rickench | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Rijkens
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