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    The surname Rike

    A Norwegian surname, carried by 827 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Rike: #28,777 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rike #28,777, 827 people Rike: #28,777 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rike #28,777, 827 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rike is more common than 82.3% of them.

    Origin

    Norwegian origin

    From the Norwegian surname, from Old Norse ríki (“power, rule, realm”). Also an Americanized variant of German Reich.

    One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 827 people named Rike in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 373,332 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 791.

    #28,777
    rank among US surnames
    827
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #28,407)

    Who is named Rike

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

    92% of people named Rike identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rike

    Rike has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Other Norwegian surnames

    All 31 Norwegian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rike come from?
    From the Norwegian surname, from Old Norse ríki (“power, rule, realm”). Also an Americanized variant of German Reich.
    How common is the surname Rike?
    827 people in the United States had the surname Rike in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 373,332 Americans. It ranked 28,777th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rike?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Rike identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rike getting more or less common?
    More common. 791 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 827 in 2010, up 4.6%.