Rijsmus Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Rijsmus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rijsmus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1271:132,97020,548
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rijsmus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rijsmus is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rijsmus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,504,764th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. Rijsmus occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Rijsmus are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Rijsmus is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 132,970. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Limburg, where 39 percent reside, South Holland, where 26 percent reside and North Brabant, where 10 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 6 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.

Rijsmus Last Name Statistics demography

Rijsmus earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.48% less than the national average, earning R 101,040 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rismus923/
Rejmus77175/
Rysmus773/
Rismau771/
Resmus770/
Resmu672/
Reshmu621/
Resmos621/
Rezmus621/
Reshmau571/
Richmou571/
Roezmus571/
Reichmut533/
Ruizmoss531/

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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 Rijsmus
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