Ritchfield Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Ritchfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ritchfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Ritchfield Last Name Facts

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

Ritchfield occurs most in New Zealand. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ritchfield? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ritchfield is the 6,723,624th most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Ritchfield live; 63 percent live in Australasia and 63 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most commonly held in New Zealand, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 905,665. In New Zealand it is mostly concentrated in: Wellington Region, where 100 percent live. Other than New Zealand it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent live.

Ritchfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ritchfield has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ritchfield surname declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Ritchfield
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