Riskes Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Riskes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Riskes 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
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Riskes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Riskes (Russian: Рискес) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Riskes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Riskes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Riskes live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany Riskes is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent live and Bremen, where 8 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Spain, where 8 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
Ritskes92356/
Rieskes9216/
Rishkes921/
Riskets920/
Rishkesh863/
Riskis8311/
Rixkes837/
Ruskes837/
Reskes831/
Risques77177/
Reiskis777/
Raiskis771/
Rishkis771/
Reskeys770/
Rushkesh711/
Reuskees710/
Resketts710/
Ruskys6722/
Richketts672/
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Riskes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Riskes in the Russian language
Рискесriskes-

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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 Riskes
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