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    The surname Riker

    A surname, carried by 3,512 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Riker: #9,271 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Riker #9,271, 3,512 people Riker: #9,271 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Riker #9,271, 3,512 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riker is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,512 people named Riker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,912 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,465.

    #9,271
    rank among US surnames
    3,512
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #8,731)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,262Gingrich3,51587,837
    #9,265Sickler3,51487,862
    #9,267Deleo3,51387,887
    #9,271Riker3,51287,912
    #9,273Woodside3,51187,937
    #9,274Cluff3,51087,962
    #9,276Calderone3,50987,987

    Who is named Riker

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

    95% of people named Riker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rikers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robin Riker
      American actress (born 1952)
    • William H. Riker
      American political scientist, 1920–1993

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Riker

    Riker has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Riker?
    3,512 people in the United States had the surname Riker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,912 Americans. It ranked 9,271st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Riker?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Riker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Riker?
    Robin Riker, American actress (born 1952), followed by William H. Riker.
    Where is the surname Riker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Riker in the United States.
    Is the surname Riker getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,512 in 2010, up 1.4%.