Rijtma Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Rijtma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Rijtma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rijtma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rijtma has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rijtma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Rijtma live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 1,688,718. In The Netherlands Rijtma is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 80 percent reside, Drenthe, where 10 percent reside and Groningen, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 29 percent reside and South Africa, where 6 percent reside.
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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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