Rinklef Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Rinklef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Rinklef Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany721:1,118,13174,279
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rinklef Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rinklef is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Rinklef.

How Common Is The Last Name Rinklef? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,061,309th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname Rinklef occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Rinklef live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Rinklef is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 1,118,131. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 63 percent live, Bavaria, where 19 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 14 percent live. Excluding Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rinkleff93126/
Rinklif862/
Rinkleib8084/
Rinkliff8017/
Rinckleb801/
Ringkleb800/
Rinkliffe750/
Ringklib675/
Rencleff670/
Renkliova507/

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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 Rinklef
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