Riß Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Riß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 441 | 1:182,552 | 21,310 |
| Austria | 49 | 1:173,784 | 22,520 |
The alternate forms: Ri (3,363,006) are calculated separately.
Riß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riß Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Riß occurs most in Germany. It can be found as a variant: Ri. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riß? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 625,459th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Riß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Riß is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 441 people, or 1 in 182,552. In Germany it is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 61 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 20 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent are found. Not including Germany it exists in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ri | 93 | 3,363,006 | / |
| Reiß | 86 | 13,066 | / |
| Rieß | 86 | 6,243 | / |
| Riße | 86 | 455 | / |
| Raiß | 86 | 326 | / |
| Roiß | 86 | 78 | / |
| Ruiß | 86 | 22 | / |
| Reiße | 75 | 236 | / |
| Reisß | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rai | 67 | 1,571,046 | / |
| Rui | 67 | 188,628 | / |
| Rio | 67 | 39,838 | / |
| Roi | 67 | 26,916 | / |
| Rit | 67 | 15,332 | / |
| Rix | 67 | 13,100 | / |
| Rei | 67 | 11,776 | / |
| Riz | 67 | 7,032 | / |
| Ris | 67 | 3,439 | / |
| Rih | 67 | 3,211 | / |
| Őri | 67 | 2,850 | / |
| Rid | 67 | 1,312 | / |
| Rip | 67 | 1,198 | / |
| Riy | 67 | 1,112 | / |
| Ryi | 67 | 991 | / |
| Reß | 67 | 977 | / |
| Rie | 67 | 932 | / |
| Rri | 67 | 459 | / |
| Rhi | 67 | 455 | / |
| Rii | 67 | 324 | / |
| Rij | 67 | 177 | / |
| Hri | 67 | 98 | / |
| Räß | 67 | 58 | / |
| Rzi | 67 | 35 | / |
| Rgi | 67 | 23 | / |
| Riš | 67 | 23 | / |
| Riț | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ryß | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rái | 67 | 1 | / |
| Riç | 67 | 1 | / |
| Réi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Riß
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