Rijniece Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Rijniece Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rijniece Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia391:52,5657,946
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Rijniece Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rijniece Come From? nationality or country of origin

Rijniece is more commonly found in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rijniece? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rijniece is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Rijniece live; 89 percent live in Northern Europe and 85 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname Rijniece is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 52,565. In Latvia Rijniece is mostly found in: Riga Planning Region, where 51 percent live, Semigallia, where 26 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 21 percent live. Aside from Latvia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 9 percent live and Ireland, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reiniece8823/
Ritniece881/
Rinice860/
Reizniece8234/
Riezniece826/
Reiniecke820/
Reineche752/
Rayniece751/
Reniecke750/
Reinieke750/
Renice7111/
Reiniesch718/
Rinici711/
Rineca711/
Renece711/
Rynice711/
Rinace711/
Rinica711/
Reinecher710/
Rinese710/
Rojnica67173/
Ringies6733/
Reinace6722/
Reinies6711/
Riniche674/
Rainese673/
Ruinies673/
Renecer671/
Rujnica671/
Reneche671/
Reneces671/
Reinici671/
Raynice671/
Raynece671/
Renicea671/
Rinedscher670/
Rhinica670/
Renieke670/

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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 Rijniece
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