Ria Forename
3,935th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 266,990 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Netherlands
Ria Forename Definition:
A mainly lower-class diminutive of Maria. (J. Redding Ware, Passing English, 1909.)
Read More About This ForenameRia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 99% | 133,058 | 1:1,939 | 178 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 30,214 | 1:559 | 113 |
| Philippines | 99% | 18,729 | 1:5,660 | 924 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 16,313 | 1:9,775 | 1,258 |
| Germany | 100% | 13,159 | 1:7,347 | 611 |
| Belgium | 100% | 8,761 | 1:1,311 | 313 |
| India | 100% | 6,464 | 1:187,945 | 19,818 |
| Iraq | 100% | 5,987 | 1:5,849 | 659 |
| United States | 100% | 4,308 | 1:84,154 | 3,955 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,811 | 1:14,309 | 2,195 |
| England | 100% | 3,098 | 1:17,948 | 1,181 |
| Oman | 100% | 2,972 | 1:1,382 | 210 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2,458 | 1:3,591 | 511 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,273 | 1:13,556 | 1,903 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,645 | 1:828 | 123 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1,604 | 1:3,508 | 586 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,238 | 1:5,777 | 678 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,152 | 1:28,762 | 2,321 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1,069 | 1:4,256 | 607 |
| Pakistan | 77% | 574 | 1:338,602 | 9,245 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 531 | 1:57,345 | 4,571 |
| Qatar | 100% | 488 | 1:4,856 | 787 |
| Syria | - | 462 | 1:41,788 | 1,524 |
| Suriname | 100% | 428 | 1:1,292 | 275 |
| New Zealand | - | 395 | 1:11,484 | 1,150 |
| Austria | 100% | 322 | 1:26,442 | 1,078 |
| Australia | - | 318 | 1:42,948 | 2,172 |
| Finland | 100% | 302 | 1:18,156 | 1,068 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 286 | 1:28,719 | 1,690 |
| Kuwait | - | 256 | 1:14,786 | 1,684 |
| Egypt | 100% | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Wales | 100% | 239 | 1:12,947 | 915 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Iran | - | 221 | 1:355,189 | 5,036 |
| Thailand | 98% | 212 | 1:330,499 | 18,004 |
| Cambodia | 60% | 186 | 1:87,491 | 4,126 |
| Greece | 100% | 179 | 1:61,087 | 1,997 |
| Portugal | - | 175 | 1:59,491 | 1,934 |
| Denmark | - | 130 | 1:43,458 | 1,771 |
| Czechia | 98% | 121 | 1:88,067 | 1,090 |
| Scotland | 100% | 120 | 1:44,586 | 1,487 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64% | 115 | 1:70,890 | 6,723 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 114 | 1:208,506 | 18,221 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Brazil | 100% | 103 | 1:2,079,963 | 43,242 |
| Singapore | 100% | 101 | 1:62,248 | 6,856 |
| Russia | 94% | 97 | 1:1,486,945 | 11,100 |
| Namibia | - | 87 | 1:27,634 | 2,234 |
| Yemen | - | 81 | 1:324,651 | 2,043 |
| Japan | 100% | 74 | 1:1,729,541 | 18,638 |
| Vietnam | 63% | 74 | 1:1,251,664 | 2,862 |
| Sweden | 100% | 62 | 1:158,998 | 5,968 |
| Spain | 100% | 55 | 1:845,999 | 8,105 |
| Ireland | 100% | 51 | 1:91,049 | 2,347 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 50 | 1:49,175 | 2,044 |
| DR Congo | 83% | 48 | 1:1,538,075 | 40,404 |
| Hungary | 100% | 46 | 1:212,865 | 1,101 |
| Cyprus | - | 45 | 1:19,357 | 1,267 |
| Croatia | 100% | 44 | 1:95,843 | 2,406 |
| France | 100% | 41 | 1:1,621,228 | 10,391 |
| Italy | 98% | 33 | 1:1,850,366 | 13,218 |
| Grenada | 100% | 31 | 1:3,488 | 631 |
| Nigeria | 91% | 31 | 1:5,727,883 | 80,246 |
| Estonia | 100% | 29 | 1:45,358 | 2,735 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| China | - | 25 | 1:54,642,231 | 62,498 |
| Greenland | - | 24 | 1:2,349 | 398 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 24 | 1:221,253 | 1,408 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Hong Kong | - | 19 | 1:408,038 | 4,068 |
| Norway | 100% | 18 | 1:285,129 | 6,331 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Barbados | - | 16 | 1:18,112 | 1,392 |
| Ecuador | - | 13 | 1:1,363,609 | 9,250 |
| Tanzania | 71% | 13 | 1:4,060,640 | 25,595 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Belarus | 100% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 11 | 1:4,466 | 734 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 11 | 1:1,613,350 | 13,838 |
| Mexico | 100% | 11 | 1:11,285,857 | 32,937 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 11 | 1:10,144 | 1,460 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 10 | 1:17,782 | 1,938 |
| South Korea | - | 10 | 1:554,442 | 13,303 |
| Algeria | 100% | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Congo | 100% | 8 | 1:626,151 | 12,913 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Kenya | - | 6 | 1:7,717,852 | 32,954 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 6 | 1:6,309 | 521 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 6 | 1:94,008 | 2,618 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Uganda | 75% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 5 | 1:3,084,763 | 72,050 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Latvia | - | 4 | 1:503,911 | 3,554 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Costa Rica | - | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Israel | 90% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Ría (1) are calculated separately.
Ria (49,082) may also be a surname.
Ria Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A mainly lower-class diminutive of Maria. (J. Redding Ware, Passing English, 1909.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
User-submitted Reference
Ria is a feminine name, which has several possible origins.
(Spanish) It means 'mouth of the river'.
(Hebrew) It means 'bitterness'.
(Ancient Greek) It means 'to flow' or 'to stream'.
(Latin) It means 'poppy'.
(Indian) It means 'singer' in Sanskrit.
Ria is also a common name in Indonesia, where it means 'joy' or 'hilarity'.
In the West, it is often a short form of the name Maria.
Another variation of Ria is Rhea, who was the mother of Zeus, the Greek God of the Sky, and the King of Olympus.
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Ria Demographics
Average Ria Salary in
United States
$46,402 USD
Per year
Rank:
166,908 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00108132
Rank: 4,135 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
106.6%
Sample size: 1,921 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Ria Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ria in the Russian language | ||
| Риа | ria | - |
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