Rykenberg Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Australia

Rykenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rykenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Rykenberg Last Name Facts

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

Rykenberg occurs most in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rykenberg.

How Common Is The Last Name Rykenberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,427,875th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Rykenberg occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Rykenberg are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa Rykenberg is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 82 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 9 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa Rykenberg exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 30 percent live and The Netherlands, where 10 percent live.

Rykenberg Last Name Statistics demography

Rykenberg earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.56% more than the national average, earning R 355,404 per year.

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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 Rykenberg
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