Riahi surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Riahi surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 196 people carried this name — #88,083 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 255 people named Riahi live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 147
Flemish Brabant 35
Liège 19
Namur 13
Hainaut 12
East Flanders 11
Antwerp 8
Walloon Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 252 people named Riahi.

Most of them — 198 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 198
Paris 10
Puy-de-Dôme 5
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Rhône 4
Alpes-Maritimes 4
Nord 4
Hauts-de-Seine 3
Isère 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

159 people named Riahi live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 30
Zurich 26
Vaud 24
Bern 19
St. Gallen 13
Schaffhausen 9
Valais 8
Solothurn 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Riahi in American newspapers,
1901–1953.

Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Riahi
Arizona Republican 1905-09-30
Newspaper page from The Chronicle=News carrying the name Riahi
The Chronicle=News 1914-06-10
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Riahi
Omaha Daily Bee 1920-12-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,561 pages in all carry the name.

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