Risau Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Risau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Risau (220) may also be a first name.
Risau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Risau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Risau (Oriya: ରିସାଏ) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Risau.
How Common Is The Last Name Risau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Risau is the 1,943,350th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Risau reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Risau is also the 608,246th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 220 people.
The last name Risau is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,642,969. In Germany Risau is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 57 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 41 percent live and Berlin, where 2 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 17 percent live and Indonesia, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Risau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Risau in the Oriya language | ||
| ରିସାଏ | risa'e | - |
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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 Risau
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