Rifkin

English

Alternative forms

• Rifkind

Etymology

Jewish metronymic surname, from the Yiddish personal name רבֿקה (rivke, “Rebecca”), with the addition of the Proto-Slavic metronymic suffix *-inъ.

Proper noun

Rifkin (plural Rifkins)

1. A surname from Yiddish.

Derived terms

• Rifkinite

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rifkin is the 19390^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1394 individuals. Rifkin is most common among White (96.7%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rifkin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• firkin