The Riffe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,078 people carried this name — #10,450 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 96,200 people counted. That is down 2% from 3,139 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Riffe.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Riffe in American newspapers,
1900–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,364 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Riffe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vernal G. Riffe, Jr. 1925–1997 · politician -
Jed Riffe 1901– · filmmaker
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John V. Riffe 1904–1958 · trade unionist
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Guy Riffe 1947– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Riffe.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Riffe is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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