Rieger is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rieger
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Descendant of Hrodgaer meaning "fame, spear"; the magistrate who censored people.

How popular is Rieger?

Rieger is common in Germany, United States, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Australia, Czechia, Switzerland, Poland, South Africa, Hungary, Argentina, Israel, Thailand.

Rieger is ranked 10685 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Rieger bearers increased by 4.36 per cent in 2010 US census to 5989 since 2000, the surname slipped by 226 spots and ranked at 5783. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.53 96.72
Hispanic or Latino 2.32 1.29
Others 1.07 1.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.52
Black 0.38 0.17
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.13 0.21
Rieger is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Austria lie ahead in terms of density. Around 52645 people have been found who wears Rieger as their family name. Rieger is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Rieger:
224 Germany33,403
Countries with thousands of Rieger:
5,281 United States8,416
154 Austria4,241
5,655 Brazil1,449
4,614 Canada1,017
Countries with hundreds of Rieger:
10,658 France875
5,669 Australia598
4,266 Czechia397
4,226 Switzerland298
18,956 Poland294
20,875 South Africa281
4,347 Hungary242
16,021 Argentina222
6,361 Israel178
104,344 Thailand115
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
34,216 England100
5,151 Uruguay75
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,967 New Zealand38
47,398 Netherlands34
42,844 Romania34
21,451 Sweden32
47,760 Spain29
2,552 Costa Rica24
14,824 Dominican Republic23
835 Andorra20
13,856 Singapore17
77,522 Greece16
32,589 Norway15
105,022 Italy15
50,143 Slovakia14
78,166 Belgium11
7,708 Paraguay11
32,022 Denmark11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
29,026 Chile9
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
54,497 Morocco9
28,047 Scotland6
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Aloise Rieger was 20 years old when he migrated to New York on September 16, 1889. He lived in Italy where he worked as laborer and took Amsterdam from Amsterdam.

From Germany

Anne-M. Rieger hailed from Wurtemberg. 23 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Fortitude and arrived on June 16, 1852. Farmer Sebastian Rieger, 27 years old Sophie Rieger, Felix Rieger (39) Farmer, Georg Rieger, aged 11, Jacob Rieger (4), 36 years old Magd. Rieger, Philippine Rieger, 23 years old Margaretha Rieger, and 665 other Rieger around 52.97% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and carpenter, mason, tailor, laborer, dressmaker, cook, merchant, peasant, undefined code, gardener, butcher, joiner, mechanic, baker, clerk, servant, weaver, brewer, furrier, basket maker, daughter, nurse, blacksmith migrated to US from Havre, Hamburg and Antwerp.

Rieger Namesakes

  • František Ladislav Rieger, Czech politician and publicist made famous for his leadership of the early Czech nationalist movement
  • Fritz Rieger, German conductor
  • Silvia Rieger, retired German athlete
  • Jürgen Rieger, Hamburg lawyer, avowed anti-semite

Rieger Namesakes

  • František Ladislav Rieger, Czech politician and publicist made famous for his leadership of the early Czech nationalist movement
  • Fritz Rieger, German conductor
  • Silvia Rieger, retired German athlete
  • Jürgen Rieger, Hamburg lawyer, avowed anti-semite

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