Riße Surname

660,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 455 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Riße Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riße Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4531:177,71620,837
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Riße Last Name Facts

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

The surname Riße is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Riße.

How Common Is The Last Name Riße? popularity and diffusion

Riße is the 660,498th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 16,016,584 people. The last name Riße occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Riße live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Riße is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 453 people, or 1 in 177,716. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 61 percent reside, Saxony, where 9 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 0 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reiße89236/
Rieße8937/
Rißer891/
Riß86490/
Reißer80808/
Raißer8027/
Rice75242,290/
Ries7532,586/
Reiß7513,066/
Rise756,261/
Rieß756,243/
Rize75439/
Riez75421/
Rixe75376/
Raiß75326/
Rüße7590/
Roiß7578/
Ruße7551/
Ruiß7522/
Riše752/
Riche6713,066/
Risse679,565/
Riese678,194/
Rizea677,639/
Riess676,817/
Riser673,482/
Reise671,874/
Riesz67576/
Raise67500/
Riehs67497/
Ruise67487/
Rishe67373/
Rusie67349/
Rixey67318/
Røise67289/
Ricer67264/
Risie67234/
Roice67230/
Roise67204/
Reize67194/
Ritse67172/
Raice67158/
Rises67149/
Raize67147/
Reuße67139/
Rauße67121/
Reice67120/
Riesa67101/
Rasie6797/
Riose6788/
Risey6754/
Rixse6754/
Riset6752/
Ruize6740/
Rices6730/
Ricey6729/
Rised6727/
Ricee6725/
Risep6725/
Riesh6723/
Riseh6718/
Rizze6715/
Ricet6714/
Riece6713/
Risøe6713/
Rhice6713/
Risea6713/
Ruice6710/
Risez6710/
Hrize679/
Risee679/
Resie678/
Risce676/
Rizei676/
Ricie675/
Rizej675/
Riesy674/
Rixce674/
Ricea673/
Ricei673/
Ricez673/
Rieci672/
Rioce672/
Rizey672/
Rihse672/
Risei672/
Riecy672/
Rrice671/
Recie671/
Rhize671/
Riced671/
Riceh671/
Ricej671/
Reixe671/
Reisß671/
Rhise671/
Ráice671/
Róise671/
Ricze671/
Rijse671/
Rhies670/

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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 Riße
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