Riel is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Riel
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Riel

How popular is Riel?

Riel is common in Germany.

Riel is ranked 41026 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Riels plummeted by 1.62037 per cent to 2125 since 2000 and slipped by 1127 spots and ranked at 14139. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.32 87.41
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 8.19 6.34
Hispanic or Latino 2.87 2.55
Others 2.45 2.27
Black 0.89 0.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.83
Riel is quite popular family name mostly used in Philippines while Cambodia is ahead in terms of density. Around 11906 people have been found who wears Riel as their family name. Riel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,340 Iceland6
381,097 Ukraine4
108,034 Italy3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
1,418 Madagascar3
9,185 Hong Kong2
95,312 Argentina2
28,083 Romania2
1,500,361 India2
34,681 Norway2
29,046 Japan1
10,958 Bangladesh1
7,314 Bolivia1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
880 Djibouti1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
21,562 Portugal1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
36,678 Singapore1
81,201 Switzerland1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
7,292 Vietnam1
18,969 Wales1
42,479 Greece1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
236,996 Russia35
100,009 Australia15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
91,381 Spain12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,851 Indonesia86
92,589 Brazil79
26,687 Belgium59
Countries with hundreds of Riel:
5,888 Netherlands465
2,578 Denmark226
47,714 France208
6,872 Austria183
32,575 South Africa164
13,194 Malaysia126
Countries with thousands of Riel:
4,124 Philippines3,222
14,338 United States2,378
970 Cambodia1,759
2,823 Canada1,707
9,081 Germany1,076
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 25 years old maid Ann Riel who was residing in Ireland migrated to New-York on July 14, 1846 by Liverpool put out from Liverpool.

Comments

M
Mackenzie Pals
riel is a regional variant of Rieu, from the Latin rivus, that is to say bank and indicates the location of the house is also a place name riel-les-eaux located in the coast-d'Or.

Riel Namesakes

  • Anouchka van Riel, Film producer
  • Harm van Riel, Dutch Politician
  • Boris Rieloff, Soccer player
  • Alex Riel, Drummer
  • Raimondo Van Riel, Actor
  • Harm van Riel, Dutch Politician
  • Raimondo Van Riel, Actor
  • Jean-Charles Rielle, Politician
  • Jørn Riel, Writer
  • Louis Riel, Politician

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