Riskus Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Riskus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 150 | 1:2,416,393 | 148,665 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1:512,512 | 30,386 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Riškus (13) & Riškuš (2) are calculated separately.
Riskus Demographics
Riskus Political Affiliation
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Riskus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riskus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Riskus is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as: Riškus or Riškuš. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riskus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Riskus is the 1,321,499th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Riskus are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
Riskus is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 2,416,393. In The United States Riskus is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 16 percent reside, Wyoming, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Lithuania, where 3 percent reside and Latvia, where 2 percent reside.
Riskus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Riskus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Riskus surname increased 3,750 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Riskus Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Riskus surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70% registered to vote for the political party.
Riskus earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.86% less than the national average, earning $42,780 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riškus | 94 | 13 | / |
| Rishkus | 92 | 11 | / |
| Rieskus | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ritskus | 92 | 1 | / |
| Riškuš | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ričkus | 83 | 215 | / |
| Ruskus | 83 | 138 | / |
| Riskos | 83 | 97 | / |
| Ryskus | 83 | 5 | / |
| Rizkus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Reskus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Richkus | 77 | 61 | / |
| Ryshkus | 77 | 33 | / |
| Ryszkus | 77 | 20 | / |
| Reshkus | 77 | 16 | / |
| Rytskus | 77 | 5 | / |
| Hriskos | 77 | 4 | / |
| Riscos | 67 | 194 | / |
| Reskos | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ryškus | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ruškus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rychkus | 62 | 2 | / |
| Raiscos | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ruscus | 50 | 27 | / |
| Rescos | 50 | 2 | / |
| Rizkos | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Riskus
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