Rikys Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Rikys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rikys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Rikys Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rikys is held by more people in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rikys? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Rikys are found; 97 percent are found in Australasia and 97 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most commonly used in New Zealand, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 146,075. In New Zealand Rikys is primarily found in: Northland Region, where 39 percent are found, Auckland Region, where 26 percent are found and Waikato Region, where 19 percent are found. Apart from New Zealand this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 18 percent are found and Malaysia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raikys9121/
Rickys9111/
Ruikys915/
Rikes80175/
Rikis80150/
Rekys8066/
Rickysxs771/
Raikes731,795/
Rickes73846/
Ruikes73214/
Rijkes73184/
Ruikis73142/
Riekes73140/
Reikes7389/
Rickis7388/
Rikesh7347/
Rikese7345/
Rizkis7335/
Rikess7330/
Ritkes7324/
Riskis7311/
Raikis7310/
Rekysh739/
Hrykys739/
Roikes738/
Rytkys735/
Reikis733/
Rikets732/
Ridkes732/
Rikise732/
Rikish732/
Rikais731/
Hrekys731/
Riekis731/
Rekyos731/
Riokes731/
Rikeds731/
Rikkis730/
Riketts6710/
Reiskis677/
Raikesh674/
Rikkesh672/
Rickess671/
Hriekes671/
Rickeis671/
Rickeas671/
Reickes671/
Rikaish671/
Rikishe671/
Rishkes671/
Rishkis671/
Rieckes671/
Raikess671/
Reikies671/
Raiskis671/
Reskeys670/
Riskets670/
Rickiss670/

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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
  • 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 Rikys
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis