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    The surname Rife

    A surname, carried by 6,620 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R100

    Rife: #5,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rife #5,268, 6,620 people Rife: #5,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rife #5,268, 6,620 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rife is more common than 96.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,620 people named Rife in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,638 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,400.

    #5,268
    rank among US surnames
    6,620
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,031)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,259Huebner6,63546,533
    #5,261Brasher6,63446,540
    #5,262Wessel6,63046,568
    #5,264Bowe6,62846,582
    #5,265Deese6,62646,596
    #5,266Maggard6,62546,603
    #5,267Felts6,62146,631

    Who is named Rife

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

    93% of people named Rife identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rifes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Matt Rife
      American comedian and actor, born 1995
    • Royal Rife
      American inventor (1888–1971)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rife

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rife?
    6,620 people in the United States had the surname Rife in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,638 Americans. It ranked 5,268th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rife?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rife identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rife?
    Matt Rife, American comedian and actor, followed by Royal Rife.
    Where is the surname Rife most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rife in the United States.
    Is the surname Rife getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,620 in 2010, up 3.4%.