Ritney Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Ritney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guyana | 25 | 1:30,489 | 3,301 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Ritney (23) may also be a first name.
Ritney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ritney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ritney occurs more in Guyana more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ritney? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ritney live; 96 percent live in South America and 96 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America. Ritney is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 23 people.
The surname is most frequent in Guyana, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 30,489. In Guyana Ritney is most common in: Mahaica-Berbice, where 80 percent reside, Demerara-Mahaica, where 16 percent reside and Pomeroon-Supenaam, where 4 percent reside. Barring Guyana this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Ritney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ritney has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ritney surname declined 67 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 Ritney
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