Rita Forename
77th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 4,548,661 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein
Rita Forename Definition:
Is a diminutive of Margarita.
Rita Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 1,484,462 | 1:818 | 44 |
| Brazil | 98% | 405,836 | 1:528 | 62 |
| United States | 100% | 383,816 | 1:945 | 203 |
| Italy | 100% | 307,409 | 1:199 | 38 |
| Germany | 100% | 293,441 | 1:329 | 93 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 217,369 | 1:1,187 | 83 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 170,826 | 1:1,039 | 173 |
| Nepal | 98% | 100,269 | 1:284 | 36 |
| Ghana | 100% | 94,392 | 1:286 | 50 |
| Mexico | 100% | 93,047 | 1:1,334 | 245 |
| Angola | 100% | 62,892 | 1:429 | 72 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 62,778 | 1:2,540 | 356 |
| England | 100% | 62,372 | 1:891 | 201 |
| Argentina | 100% | 57,575 | 1:743 | 168 |
| Hungary | 100% | 47,158 | 1:208 | 55 |
| Belgium | 100% | 45,840 | 1:251 | 36 |
| Philippines | 99% | 40,301 | 1:2,630 | 513 |
| Canada | 100% | 36,469 | 1:909 | 201 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 36,114 | 1:227 | 44 |
| Colombia | 100% | 26,034 | 1:1,835 | 265 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 23,892 | 1:236 | 31 |
| Peru | 100% | 22,134 | 1:1,436 | 288 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 21,197 | 1:1,425 | 227 |
| Ecuador | - | 17,800 | 1:996 | 202 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 16,557 | 1:178 | 38 |
| Spain | 100% | 14,602 | 1:3,187 | 369 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 12,285 | 1:1,376 | 286 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 11,466 | 1:310 | 65 |
| Kenya | 100% | 11,445 | 1:4,046 | 674 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 10,984 | 1:1,052 | 260 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 10,491 | 1:7,037 | 802 |
| South Africa | 100% | 10,356 | 1:5,266 | 1,006 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 10,219 | 1:798 | 90 |
| Sudan | 67% | 9,519 | 1:3,972 | 645 |
| Latvia | 100% | 9,376 | 1:215 | 49 |
| Ireland | 100% | 9,332 | 1:498 | 106 |
| East Timor | - | 9,099 | 1:134 | 43 |
| Iraq | 100% | 8,927 | 1:3,923 | 546 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 8,823 | 1:1,202 | 287 |
| Chile | 100% | 8,813 | 1:1,998 | 305 |
| Egypt | 100% | 8,784 | 1:10,462 | 969 |
| Uganda | 100% | 8,627 | 1:4,748 | 567 |
| Norway | 100% | 8,350 | 1:615 | 163 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7,754 | 1:2,787 | 515 |
| Liberia | 99% | 7,362 | 1:599 | 123 |
| Morocco | 100% | 7,315 | 1:4,696 | 514 |
| France | 100% | 7,298 | 1:9,108 | 620 |
| Honduras | 100% | 6,808 | 1:1,295 | 223 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 6,768 | 1:1,680 | 361 |
| Malawi | 100% | 6,726 | 1:2,544 | 477 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 6,433 | 1:4,733 | 534 |
| Denmark | - | 6,378 | 1:886 | 192 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 6,276 | 1:2,458 | 447 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 6,202 | 1:1,682 | 270 |
| Austria | 100% | 6,150 | 1:1,384 | 234 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 5,895 | 1:16,550 | 2,223 |
| Zambia | - | 5,409 | 1:2,931 | 487 |
| Australia | - | 5,336 | 1:2,560 | 440 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5,158 | 1:924 | 201 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5,157 | 1:3,124 | 475 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 5,139 | 1:4,598 | 948 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4,923 | 1:593 | 129 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4,670 | 1:1,289 | 246 |
| Israel | 100% | 4,424 | 1:1,899 | 402 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 4,099 | 1:1,766 | 400 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,703 | 1:2,662 | 377 |
| Congo | 100% | 3,644 | 1:1,375 | 227 |
| Cuba | - | 3,580 | 1:3,214 | 437 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,571 | 1:1,094 | 203 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 3,487 | 1:983 | 186 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,380 | 1:9,116 | 1,333 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3,345 | 1:6,899 | 787 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,158 | 1:980 | 233 |
| China | - | 2,998 | 1:455,656 | 25,071 |
| Romania | 100% | 2,892 | 1:6,934 | 592 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,874 | 1:13,231 | 546 |
| Benin | 100% | 2,822 | 1:3,748 | 689 |
| Togo | - | 2,802 | 1:2,584 | 421 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,455 | 1:2,583 | 347 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 2,329 | 1:13,219 | 1,492 |
| Malta | - | 2,119 | 1:203 | 29 |
| Estonia | 100% | 2,051 | 1:641 | 156 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1,942 | 1:1,925 | 338 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,863 | 1:2,943 | 445 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,860 | 1:11,182 | 1,647 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1,782 | 1:3,352 | 567 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,758 | 1:6,102 | 800 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,737 | 1:2,611 | 467 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,666 | 1:42,056 | 4,775 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,661 | 1:3,221 | 377 |
| Iran | 100% | 1,584 | 1:49,556 | 1,812 |
| Portugal | - | 1,494 | 1:6,968 | 497 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,483 | 1:9,170 | 1,426 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,368 | 1:38,588 | 3,109 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,333 | 1:2,163 | 485 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,323 | 1:1,424 | 342 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,269 | 1:1,073 | 189 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,180 | 1:9,267 | 581 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 1,170 | 1:27,883 | 1,798 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1,161 | 1:8,306 | 1,153 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,131 | 1:2,694 | 563 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1,086 | 1:2,182 | 242 |
| Jordan | 100% | 992 | 1:8,898 | 794 |
| Moldova | 100% | 970 | 1:3,671 | 300 |
| Oman | 100% | 955 | 1:4,302 | 584 |
| Mauritius | - | 951 | 1:1,365 | 223 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 943 | 1:19,490 | 1,777 |
| Hong Kong | - | 886 | 1:8,750 | 792 |
| Suriname | 95% | 855 | 1:647 | 93 |
| Guyana | 100% | 720 | 1:1,060 | 158 |
| Fiji | - | 719 | 1:1,241 | 307 |
| Cape Verde | - | 650 | 1:814 | 131 |
| Czechia | 65% | 636 | 1:16,755 | 528 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 570 | 1:990 | 204 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 557 | 1:153 | 43 |
| Samoa | - | 548 | 1:356 | 99 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 514 | 1:3,586 | 468 |
| Russia | - | 511 | 1:282,258 | 3,741 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 494 | 1:393,437 | 10,081 |
| Croatia | 100% | 487 | 1:8,659 | 718 |
| Guam | - | 471 | 1:341 | 40 |
| Vanuatu | - | 424 | 1:617 | 151 |
| Senegal | 100% | 411 | 1:35,478 | 1,666 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 402 | 1:2,167 | 318 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 379 | 1:1,533 | 288 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 366 | 1:103 | 12 |
| Cambodia | 74% | 326 | 1:49,918 | 3,032 |
| Syria | - | 323 | 1:59,771 | 1,672 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 316 | 1:173 | 17 |
| Singapore | 100% | 311 | 1:20,216 | 3,613 |
| Belize | 100% | 304 | 1:1,165 | 240 |
| Kuwait | - | 304 | 1:12,452 | 1,446 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 303 | 1:306 | 35 |
| Taiwan | 91% | 303 | 1:78,448 | 10,183 |
| Palestine | 100% | 301 | 1:15,116 | 961 |
| Namibia | - | 295 | 1:8,150 | 1,041 |
| Mali | 100% | 276 | 1:61,514 | 3,059 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 267 | 1:19,888 | 528 |
| Turkey | 100% | 262 | 1:296,953 | 5,417 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 234 | 1:469 | 64 |
| Yemen | - | 227 | 1:115,845 | 1,492 |
| Bahrain | - | 222 | 1:6,075 | 981 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 221 | 1:3,733 | 322 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 213 | 1:1,143 | 251 |
| Barbados | - | 205 | 1:1,414 | 331 |
| Kosovo | - | 198 | 1:9,401 | 1,398 |
| Japan | - | 172 | 1:744,105 | 13,251 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 171 | 1:40,879 | 2,252 |
| San Marino | 100% | 171 | 1:193 | 48 |
| Botswana | 100% | 169 | 1:12,926 | 1,739 |
| Grenada | 100% | 169 | 1:640 | 100 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 162 | 1:109,548 | 3,218 |
| Serbia | 100% | 154 | 1:46,401 | 1,973 |
| Aruba | - | 150 | 1:692 | 112 |
| French Polynesia | - | 146 | 1:1,903 | 433 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 130 | 1:1,368 | 243 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 114 | 1:62,737 | 5,556 |
| Bahamas | - | 113 | 1:3,534 | 625 |
| Jersey | - | 111 | 1:901 | 203 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Brunei | 100% | 101 | 1:4,154 | 422 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 99 | 1:1,574 | 402 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 82 | 1:1,212 | 251 |
| Dominica | - | 82 | 1:920 | 177 |
| Greenland | - | 75 | 1:752 | 170 |
| Bermuda | - | 66 | 1:982 | 213 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 64 | 1:3,000 | 565 |
| Guinea | - | 63 | 1:188,232 | 2,515 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 60 | 1:1,860 | 354 |
| Micronesia | - | 55 | 1:1,936 | 289 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 54 | 1:992 | 222 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:638 | 99 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Iceland | 67% | 45 | 1:8,134 | 820 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 43 | 1:6,283 | 793 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 43 | 1:1,276 | 289 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 43 | 1:2,154,026 | 3,185 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 39 | 1:63,045 | 2,315 |
| Monaco | 100% | 37 | 1:1,040 | 217 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 36 | 1:31,602 | 257 |
| Macau | - | 36 | 1:16,895 | 334 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,916 | 431 |
| South Korea | - | 31 | 1:178,852 | 7,173 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 26 | 1:26,035 | 1,743 |
| Gambia | - | 25 | 1:77,064 | 396 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:2,339 | 473 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 17 | 1:37,328 | 1,970 |
| Niger | 100% | 15 | 1:1,278,933 | 18,398 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 15 | 1:421 | 107 |
| Andorra | - | 14 | 1:5,920 | 470 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Marshall Islands | 91% | 14 | 1:3,659 | 559 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 10 | 1:583 | 145 |
| Burundi | - | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Cook Islands | - | 7 | 1:2,593 | 418 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 4 | 1:2,389 | 151 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Lesotho | 67% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 3 | 1:11,569 | 1,028 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Ríta (2) are calculated separately.
Rita (81,539) may also be a surname.
Rita Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Is a diminutive of Margarita.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name of Italian origin; abbreviated from Margarita.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Sanskrit name, meaning: Brave: honest. Some authorities give this as a form of Margarita.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Rita Forename Popularity
Rita Demographics
Average Rita Salary in
United States
$41,524 USD
Per year
Rank:
230,634 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.115377
Rank: 175 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
95.4%
Sample size: 229,050 (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
Rita Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rita in the Russian language | ||
| Рита | rita | - |
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