Riska Surname
Approximately 6,491 people bear this surname
Riska Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5,276 | 1:25,066 | 2,981 |
| United States | 453 | 1:800,130 | 61,707 |
| Finland | 219 | 1:25,099 | 3,456 |
| Norway | 169 | 1:30,428 | 4,204 |
| Albania | 99 | 1:29,435 | 4,620 |
| Greece | 70 | 1:158,283 | 25,926 |
| Russia | 34 | 1:4,238,913 | 201,756 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Slovakia | 19 | 1:280,866 | 41,728 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1:512,512 | 30,386 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
The alternate forms: Riška (217), Řiská (11) & Říská (3) are calculated separately.
Riska (96,623) may also be a first name.
Riska Demographics
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Riska Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riska Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Riska (Hindi: रिस्का, Oriya: ରିା, Russian: Риска) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Riška, Řiská or Říská. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Riska? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 75,596th most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,122,715 people. Riska occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Riska live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Riska is also the 10,510th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 96,623 people.
It is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 5,276 people, or 1 in 25,066. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 22 percent live, East Java, where 8 percent live and West Sumatra, where 8 percent live. Besides Indonesia Riska exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Finland, where 3 percent live.
Riska Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Riska has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Riska last name rose 1,618 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Riska Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Riska surname are 26.76% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.53% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Riska earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 10.23% less than the national average, earning 310,663 kr per year and in United States they earn 3.16% less than the national average, earning $41,785 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Riska Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Riska in the Oriya language | ||
| ରିା | ria | - |
| Riska in the Hindi language | ||
| रिस्का | riska | 50 |
| रीस्का | riska | 25 |
| रिसका | risaka | 25 |
| Riska in the Russian language | ||
| Риска | riska | - |
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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 Riska
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