The Riehl surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,852 people carried this name — #8,551 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is up 10% from 3,498 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,036 people named Riehl.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 62 people named Riehl live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Riehl live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Riehl in American newspapers,
1895–1902.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,747 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Riehl.
- Rieffel 126 · U.S. census
- Rieg 375 · U.S. census
- Riegel 3,967 · U.S. census
- Rieger 5,989 · U.S. census
- Riegert 631 · U.S. census
- Riegler 1,039 · U.S. census
- Riehm 614 · U.S. census
- Riel 2,125 · U.S. census
- Riem 153 · U.S. census
- Riemer 3,039 · U.S. census
- Riera 1,604 · U.S. census
- Ries 7,258 · U.S. census
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