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
The last name Rijkens occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rijkens? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rijkens is the 692,305th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 17,066,852 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Rijkens are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 42,537. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Groningen, where 31 percent are found, South Holland, where 17 percent are found and Drenthe, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 3 percent are found and Belgium, where 2 percent are found.
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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