Rijnieks Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Rijnieks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 58 | 1:35,346 | 5,386 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rijnieks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rijnieks Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rijnieks is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rijnieks? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,352,516th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. Rijnieks occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Rijnieks are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 88 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
The last name Rijnieks is most widespread in Latvia, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 35,346. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Riga Planning Region, where 57 percent live, Semigallia, where 21 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 17 percent live. Besides Latvia Rijnieks occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 9 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reinieks | 88 | 14 | / |
| Rineks | 86 | 1 | / |
| Reiznieks | 82 | 50 | / |
| Rieznieks | 82 | 6 | / |
| Reiniks | 80 | 95 | / |
| Reineks | 80 | 15 | / |
| Risniks | 80 | 2 | / |
| Reznieks | 75 | 1 | / |
| Reinicks | 75 | 0 | / |
| Reinieck | 75 | 0 | / |
| Reinieke | 75 | 0 | / |
| Rinyek | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ringek | 71 | 2 | / |
| Reniks | 71 | 2 | / |
| Rinjik | 71 | 1 | / |
| Reiniecke | 71 | 0 | / |
| Renicks | 67 | 202 | / |
| Rajnics | 67 | 26 | / |
| Reyniks | 67 | 19 | / |
| Reinics | 67 | 14 | / |
| Rojnyik | 67 | 7 | / |
| Reinyks | 67 | 6 | / |
| Rouniks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Renieke | 67 | 0 | / |
| Reinieg | 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
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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 Rijnieks
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