Riwers Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Luxembourg
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Riwers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riwers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Riwers Last Name Facts

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

Riwers is found most frequently in Luxembourg. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Riwers.

How Common Is The Last Name Riwers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Riwers are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Luxembourg, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 290,271. In Luxembourg Riwers is most prevalent in: Diekirch Canton, where 50 percent reside and Mersch Canton, where 50 percent reside. Barring Luxembourg Riwers occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raiwers921/
Ruiwers921/
Rivers8359,288/
Rewers832,254/
Ribers8370/
Ruwers8331/
Rijvers77442/
Rievers77251/
Reivers77112/
Riviers77103/
Reviers7773/
Rhivers777/
Rewerst773/
Riverse772/
Riverst771/
Rivetrs771/
Rrivers771/
Ryviers771/
Rivears771/
Riverss771/
Riveers770/
Reijvers712/
Revers671,370/
Rebers67420/
Ryvers6759/
Rivars6715/
Rybers671/
Rewerś671/
Ruvers671/
Revirs670/
Revors670/
Rivirs670/
Rijversová631/
Reuvers622,628/
Reverse62227/
Reevers62222/
Reavers6217/
Raivars627/
Reyvers622/
Ruevers622/
Reuuers621/
Rehbers621/
Reveirs621/
Reebers620/
Reversse572/
Reversova532/

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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
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  • 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 Riwers
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