Ritchley Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Ritchley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ritchley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ritchley Last Name Facts

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

Ritchley is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ritchley? popularity and diffusion

Ritchley is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Ritchley reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Ritchley is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England it is most numerous in: Kent, where 58 percent live, Dorset, where 8 percent live and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 8 percent live. Other than England this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 48 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.

Ritchley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ritchley has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 48 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ritchley Last Name Statistics demography

Ritchley earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 181.49% more than the national average, earning $121,458 USD per year.

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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 Ritchley
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