Riksten Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Riksten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 110 | 1:153,520 | 22,896 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Riksten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riksten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Riksten occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riksten? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,736,881st most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Riksten live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 153,520. In The Netherlands Riksten is most prevalent in: Groningen, where 30 percent live, Drenthe, where 19 percent live and Gelderland, where 15 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Italy, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricksten | 93 | 12 | / |
| Ricksteen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Reksten | 86 | 567 | / |
| Rigsten | 86 | 7 | / |
| Riekstyn | 80 | 10 | / |
| Riekstin | 80 | 9 | / |
| Richsten | 80 | 0 | / |
| Rekstien | 80 | 0 | / |
| Rixten | 77 | 37 | / |
| Raikstina | 75 | 20 | / |
| Richstien | 75 | 4 | / |
| Rekstienė | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ruckstien | 75 | 2 | / |
| Rekstin | 71 | 19 | / |
| Rugsten | 71 | 11 | / |
| Rekstyn | 71 | 7 | / |
| Reichstien | 71 | 2 | / |
| Rügsten | 71 | 2 | / |
| Reekstin | 67 | 66 | / |
| Rekstina | 67 | 18 | / |
| Rekstyna | 67 | 5 | / |
| Reckstin | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ruckstyn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Reeksting | 63 | 32 | / |
| Ruxten | 62 | 0 | / |
| Rekštienė | 50 | 32 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Riksten
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis