Riff is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Riff
No. of characters: 4
Origin: France
Meaning: Common in Moselle and Alsace, sometimes written Rieff is a variant of Ruf, Ruff, Rueff, short forms of Rudolf name.

How popular is Riff?

Riff is common in France.

Riff is ranked 138719 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Riffs plummeted by 11.00478 per cent to 372 since 2000 and slipped by 7601 spots and ranked at 55255. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.4 94.74
Hispanic or Latino 5.65 2.63
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.88 0
Riff is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in France which may be its originating country too. Around 2781 people have been found who wears Riff as their family name. Riff is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
214,847 Australia4
78,945 Argentina3
661,536 Indonesia3
10,329 Pakistan3
124,220 Italy2
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
18,969 Wales1
1,704,541 India1
53,505 Turkey1
81,201 Switzerland1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
3,071 Jersey1
56,169 Mexico1
38,830 Morocco1
47,891 Norway1
58,885 Poland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
11,486 Estonia1
118,015 Netherlands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,620 Singapore30
20,233 Denmark25
52,530 Belgium22
126,462 England22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,321 Israel94
41,664 Canada76
Countries with hundreds of Riff:
47,140 United States571
37,583 Brazil302
6,471 Chile153
11,447 Malaysia152
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Riff:
7,546 France1,163
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old workman Connor Riff who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 18, 1846 by Cornet put out from Liverpool. Workman Michael Riff, Henry Riff (18) Workman, Thomas Riff, aged 25, 22 years old Ann Riff, Maid Mary Riff, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

Carlo Riff was 24 years old when he migrated to New York on September 14, 1881. He lived in Genova, Italy where he worked as merchant and took Labrador from Havre.

Comments

M
Miguelina Doucette
riff is an Alsatian and Lorraine form of reiff, personal name of Germanic origin Riffo.

Riff Namesakes

  • Alpha Riff, Musical Artist
  • Beau Riffenburgh, Author
  • Jed Riffe, Filmmaker
  • Jed Riffe, Filmmaker
  • Sepp Riff, Cinematographer
  • Sylvain Rifflet, Actor
  • Vern Riffe, Politician
  • Vern Riffe, Politician
  • Kanaya Riffa Azzahra, Singer
  • Madeleine Riffaud, Poet

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