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    The surname Riffel

    An occupational surname, carried by 1,617 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R140

    Riffel: #17,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Riffel #17,441, 1,617 people Riffel: #17,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Riffel #17,441, 1,617 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riffel is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, from short forms of derivatives of the ancient Germanic name containing *hrōþi (“fame”) such as Rudolph. Also an occupational surname from the verb riffeln (“to groove, comb, remove seeds from flax”).

    Riffel is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,617 people named Riffel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,937 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,550.

    #17,441
    rank among US surnames
    1,617
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,931)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,432Marzano1,618190,819
    #17,441Canipe1,617190,937
    #17,447Gaye1,616191,055

    Who is named Riffel

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

    93% of people named Riffel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Riffels

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rena Riffel
      American actress, born 1969

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Riffel

    Riffel has the Soundex code R140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R140.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Riffel come from?
    From the German surname, from short forms of derivatives of the ancient Germanic name containing *hrōþi (“fame”) such as Rudolph. Also an occupational surname from the verb riffeln (“to groove, comb, remove seeds from flax”).
    How common is the surname Riffel?
    1,617 people in the United States had the surname Riffel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,937 Americans. It ranked 17,441st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Riffel?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Riffel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Riffel?
    Rena Riffel, American actress.
    Where is the surname Riffel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Riffel in the United States.
    What type of surname is Riffel?
    Riffel is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Riffel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,550 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,617 in 2010, up 4.3%.