Riwe Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Riwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 97 | 1:829,953 | 60,372 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Riwe (73) may also be a first name.
Riwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Riwe is found most in Germany. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Riwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,434,893rd most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. Riwe is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Riwe are found; 65 percent are found in Western Europe and 65 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 73 people.
The surname Riwe is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 829,953. In Germany Riwe is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 42 percent live, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 15 percent live and Bremen, where 12 percent live. Not including Germany Riwe is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and Thailand, where 3 percent live.
Riwe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Riwe has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 83 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 Riwe
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