How common is the surname Riffe?

3,078 people in the United States had the surname Riffe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,307 Americans. It ranked 10,450th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Riffe?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Riffe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Riffe getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,139 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,078 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Riffe

A surname, carried by 3,078 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). Riffe is more common than 93.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,078 people named Riffe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,307 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,139.

#10,450

rank among US surnames

3,078

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,498)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,445	Postell	3,080	100,242
#10,448	Hillier	3,079	100,275
#10,450	Riffe	3,078	100,307
#10,451	Edgington	3,077	100,340
#10,453	Mellen	3,076	100,372
#10,458	Hagar	3,075	100,405
#10,459	Doria	3,074	100,438

Who is named Riffe

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

94% of people named Riffe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Riffe

Riffe 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 Riffe?: 3,078 people in the United States had the surname Riffe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,307 Americans. It ranked 10,450th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Riffe?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Riffe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Riffe getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,139 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,078 in 2010, down 1.9%.