Rivkind Surname

702,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 419 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Rivkind Surname Definition:

(from the name of a female ancestor) Rivkind or Rifkind is from the name Rivke, the Yiddish for Rebecca. The ending was originally the Russian -in which denotes descent, but extended to -ind.

Rivkind Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2071:1,751,009115,476
Israel1171:73,1428,960
Russia241:6,005,127248,576
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Rivkind Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from the name of a female ancestor) Rivkind or Rifkind is from the name Rivke, the Yiddish for Rebecca. The ending was originally the Russian -in which denotes descent, but extended to -ind.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Rivkind Last Name Facts

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

Rivkind (Russian: Ривкинд) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rivkind? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rivkind is the 702,422nd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. The surname Rivkind is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Rivkind live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 1,751,009. In The United States it is most numerous in: Florida, where 18 percent reside, New York, where 18 percent reside and Utah, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 28 percent reside and Russia, where 6 percent reside.

Rivkind Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rivkind last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Rivkind earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.53% more than the national average, earning R 429,012 per year and in United States they earn 21.91% more than the national average, earning $52,601 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rivkinds9312/
Rifkind86443/
Ryvkind862/
Reifkind8020/
Riffkind8014/
Rifkiend803/
Ribknd777/
Ryvkynd7139/
Refkind712/
Rywkind712/

Rivkind Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rivkind in the Russian language
Ривкиндrivkind-

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Footnotes

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