The RIEKEN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	647	33292	0	2
United States (1880 census)	36	57944	0	1
Change since 1880	+611	+24652	+N/A	+1
Other Countries
Australia	9	95190	0	1
United Kingdom	4	33454	0	0

Top States for RIEKEN by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Iowa	82	4258	0.003	28
Minnesota	76	8245	0.002	15
Nebraska	71	2683	0.004	41
Texas	62	19236	0.000	3
California	59	30952	0.000	2
Top States for RIEKEN by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Nebraska	71	2683	0.004	41
Iowa	82	4258	0.003	28
Idaho	21	7208	0.002	16
Minnesota	76	8245	0.002	15
Missouri	54	10377	0.001	10

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called RIEKEN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called RIEKEN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called RIEKEN in Iowa than any other state, but you are more likely to find a RIEKEN by picking someone at random in Nebraska than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of RIEKEN

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Germany

Language of origin: German

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the RIEKEN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of RIEKEN in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	606	93.66
White (Hispanic)	28	4.33
Mixed Race	7	1.08
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Black/African American	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the RIEKEN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to RIEKEN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as RIEKEN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.