How common is the surname Reiff?

4,130 people in the United States had the surname Reiff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,757 Americans. It ranked 8,010th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reiff?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Reiff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Reiff?

Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (1921–1992).

Where is the surname Reiff most common?

Wikidata records people named Reiff in Belgium.

Is the surname Reiff getting more or less common?

More common. 3,836 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,130 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Reiff

A German surname, carried by 4,130 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reiff is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German surname, from Middle High German Reif (“barrel hoop, cord”). Also derived from the Germanic name Richfrit, from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“ruler”) + *friþuz (“peace”). As a Jewish surname, from German reif (“mature”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,130 people named Reiff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,757 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,836.

#8,010

rank among US surnames

4,130

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,991)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,003	Karns	4,133	74,703
#8,005	Arcos	4,132	74,721
#8,006	Adelman	4,131	74,739
#8,010	Yousif	4,130	74,757
#8,013	Seeger	4,129	74,775
#8,016	Kaul	4,128	74,793

Who is named Reiff

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Reiff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reiffs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gaston Reiff
Belgian athlete (1921–1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reiff

Reiff has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Reiff come from?: From the German surname, from Middle High German Reif (“barrel hoop, cord”). Also derived from the Germanic name Richfrit, from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“ruler”) + *friþuz (“peace”). As a Jewish surname, from German reif (“mature”).
How common is the surname Reiff?: 4,130 people in the United States had the surname Reiff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,757 Americans. It ranked 8,010th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reiff?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Reiff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Reiff?: Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (1921–1992).
Where is the surname Reiff most common?: Wikidata records people named Reiff in Belgium.
Is the surname Reiff getting more or less common?: More common. 3,836 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,130 in 2010, up 7.7%.