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    The surname Riha

    A surname, carried by 1,182 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riha is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,182 people named Riha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,206 Americans. That is down 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,243.

    #21,960
    rank among US surnames
    1,182
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,976)

    Who is named Riha

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

    95% of people named Riha identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Riha

    Riha has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Riha?
    1,182 people in the United States had the surname Riha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,206 Americans. It ranked 21,960th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Riha?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Riha identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Riha getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,243 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,182 in 2010, down 4.9%.