Rikkels Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Rikkels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rikkels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Rikkels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rikkels is most common in The Netherlands. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rikkels? popularity and diffusion

Rikkels is the 4,649,889th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Rikkels occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Rikkels are found; 44 percent are found in Western Europe and 44 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,412,454. In The Netherlands Rikkels is mostly found in: North Holland, where 100 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 22 percent are found.

Rikkels Last Name Statistics demography

Rikkels earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 96.1% less than the national average, earning R 9,264 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rikels9252/
Rickels861,083/
Riekels8641/
Rijkels8621/
Reikels861/
Rickells8068/
Raikhels805/
Ruckkels800/
Riskells800/
Rickelss800/
Rieckels800/
Rikles7723/
Rekels7720/
Rykels7713/
Rikils778/
Rickls770/
Rickles71873/
Richels71156/
Reckels71129/
Rückels71123/
Ruckels7115/
Raikles718/
Riekles716/
Rikilss714/
Rikills711/
Rukells710/
Rickless6767/
Rikillss6712/
Ricls672/
Richells671/
Raykhels671/

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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 Rikkels
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