Rinkis Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Rinkis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 141 | 1:14,539 | 2,154 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Riņķis (1) are calculated separately.
Rinkis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rinkis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rinkis (Russian: Ринкис) is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Riņķis. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rinkis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,385,851st most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Rinkis are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 89 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Latvia, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 14,539. In Latvia Rinkis is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 89 percent live, Latgale, where 6 percent live and Vidzeme, where 3 percent live. Barring Latvia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Rinkis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Rinkis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rinkis last name increased 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riņķis | 89 | 1 | / |
| Rinkes | 83 | 654 | / |
| Renkis | 83 | 24 | / |
| Rimkis | 83 | 15 | / |
| Rincis | 83 | 3 | / |
| Rinkys | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rynkis | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ringkuisp | 80 | 2 | / |
| Rinckes | 77 | 36 | / |
| Rengkis | 77 | 26 | / |
| Rinkesh | 77 | 26 | / |
| Rinquis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Renkies | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rinquist | 71 | 36 | / |
| Renkes | 67 | 610 | / |
| Ringquist | 67 | 545 | / |
| Rencis | 67 | 98 | / |
| Renkys | 67 | 32 | / |
| Rinkquest | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rinkesová | 67 | 7 | / |
| Rynkys | 67 | 6 | / |
| Rinces | 67 | 3 | / |
| Remkis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Renķis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Renkés | 67 | 1 | / |
| Renkiś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rimkes | 67 | 1 | / |
Rinkis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rinkis in the Russian language | ||
| Ринкис | rinkis | - |
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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 Rinkis
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