Recto Surname

26,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Recto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Recto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines19,0521:5,314433
United States3871:936,58670,075
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
Ecuador2751:57,8395,008
Canada681:541,84745,466
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Singapore561:98,3524,171
Nigeria331:5,367,962136,856
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
Uruguay231:149,20713,102
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Guam81:20,0153,029
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Recto (5,682) may also be a first name.

Recto Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Recto Come From? nationality or country of origin

Recto is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Recto? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 26,420th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 357,741 people. The surname Recto is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Recto live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 88,704th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 5,682 people.

The surname Recto is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 19,052 people, or 1 in 5,314. In The Philippines Recto is mostly concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 23 percent live, National Capital Region, where 19 percent live and Mimaropa, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent live.

Recto Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Recto surname are 20.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 73.75% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Recto earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 16.29% more than the national average, earning $50,180 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.34% less than the national average, earning $46,036 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rexcto911/
Reacto911/
Rectos911/
Rectop911/
Riecto910/
Reactto832/
Recta801,356/
Rejto8064/
Ricto8027/
Regto803/
Rezto802/
Rekto802/
Recktosh777/
Regtop73512/
Rechta7330/
Reijto737/
Rictho732/
Rickto732/
Rictos731/
Rictoi731/
Rictou731/
Rectas731/
Redstoy671/
Ricktoi671/
Royctop671/
Richtou671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Recto
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