Rijpstra Surname
Approximately 695 people bear this surname
Rijpstra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 654 | 1:25,821 | 4,207 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rijpstra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rijpstra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rijpstra is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rijpstra? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 480,002nd most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 10,485,678 people. Rijpstra is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Rijpstra live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 654 people, or 1 in 25,821. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Friesland, where 43 percent live, North Holland, where 11 percent live and South Holland, where 11 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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
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