Riecke
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Riecke is a German language surname.[1][2][3] Such as the related Rieck, Riek and Rieg it belongs to the group of family names derived from given names – in this case either from the name Rüdiger (English renditions: Ruediger, Rudiger, Roger) or from several compound names of Germanic origin with the element rik(e) (e. g. Richard, Dietrich, Heinrich, Friedrich) – and may refer to:
- Addison Riecke (born 2004), American child actress
- Eduard Riecke (1845–1915), German experimental physicist
- Erhard Riecke (1869–1939), German dermatologist and venereologist
- Hans-Joachim Riecke (1899–1986), German Nazi politician
- Louis Riecke, American weightlifter
References
[edit]- ^ "Riecke Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
South German: variant of Rieck 2.
- ^ "Riecke Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
Approximately 2,304 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Germany; Highest density in: Germany.
- ^ "Statistics and meaning of name Riecke". verwandt.de. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
Surname Riecke is used at least 666 times in at least 13 countries.