Rillig Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rillig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rillig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1411:570,96146,627
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941

Rillig Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rillig is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rillig? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,471,719th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rillig are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Rillig is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 570,961. In Germany Rillig is primarily found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 73 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 9 percent live. Not including Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rillaig920/
Röllig83569/
Rellig8348/
Rüllig8311/
Rillix830/
Roellig77260/
Rilleic771/
Ærlig731/
Rillegue715/
Rellik6723/
Relligová678/
Rleigh671/

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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 Rillig
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