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 borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Recto.

How Common Is The Last Name Recto? popularity and diffusion

It is the 26,420th most numerous last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 357,741 people. Recto occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Recto are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 93 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 88,704th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 5,682 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 19,052 people, or 1 in 5,314. In The Philippines Recto is primarily concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 23 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 19 percent reside and Mimaropa, where 16 percent reside. Barring The Philippines this surname occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent reside.

Recto Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Recto last name are 20.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 73.75% registered to vote for the 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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