Riker Surname
Approximately 5,097 people bear this surname
Riker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,582 | 1:79,105 | 9,023 |
| Brazil | 269 | 1:795,815 | 28,876 |
| Germany | 84 | 1:958,398 | 66,883 |
| Russia | 68 | 1:2,119,457 | 129,651 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,405 | 1:35,743 | 4,238 |
Riker (136) may also be a first name.
Riker Demographics
Average Riker Salary in
United States
$45,974 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Riker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Riker (Russian: Рикер) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riker? popularity and diffusion
Riker is the 93,582nd most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,429,772 people. The surname Riker occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Riker live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. Riker is also the 794,286th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 136 people.
This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 4,582 people, or 1 in 79,105. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 13 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and New Jersey, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States Riker occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.
Riker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Riker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Riker last name increased 326 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Riker Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Riker surname are 21.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.79% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Riker earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 6.55% more than the national average, earning $45,974 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.21% less than the national average, earning $33,681 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Riker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Riker in the Russian language | ||
| Рикер | riker | - |
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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 Riker
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