Rica Surname
Approximately 7,203 people bear this surname
Rica Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,510 | 1:40,334 | 6,309 |
| Spain | 1,062 | 1:44,023 | 4,190 |
| Indonesia | 619 | 1:213,650 | 20,054 |
| Albania | 539 | 1:5,406 | 1,022 |
| France | 369 | 1:180,007 | 28,035 |
| India | 325 | 1:2,360,201 | 76,760 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Romania | 274 | 1:73,277 | 8,722 |
| Argentina | 212 | 1:201,620 | 16,703 |
| Brazil | 206 | 1:1,039,196 | 36,605 |
| United States | 177 | 1:2,047,791 | 130,814 |
| Portugal | 170 | 1:61,284 | 3,295 |
| Greece | 103 | 1:107,571 | 18,087 |
| Turkey | 101 | 1:770,509 | 38,247 |
| Serbia | 50 | 1:142,899 | 10,077 |
| Taiwan | 30 | 1:781,492 | 5,561 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Croatia | 16 | 1:264,288 | 27,725 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Chile | 13 | 1:1,355,113 | 23,887 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 52 | 1:965,744 | 57,486 |
The alternate forms: Riça (12), Rică (5), Riča (2), Rîca (1) & Rîcă (7) are calculated separately.
Rica (29,815) may also be a first name.
Rica Demographics
Average Rica Salary in
United States
$45,183 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rica Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rica Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rica (Arabic: ريكا, Hindi: रिका, Marathi: रीचा, Tibetan: རི་ཀ།) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Riça, Rică, Riča, Rîca or Rîcă. For other potential spellings of Rica click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rica? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 68,906th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,011,738 people. The last name Rica is predominantly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Rica reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 34 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 28,025th most common forename globally, held by 29,815 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 2,510 people, or 1 in 40,334. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 46 percent live, Davao Region, where 11 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 10 percent live. Beside The Philippines this surname exists in 64 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 15 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
Rica Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Rica has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rica last name increased 340 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 633 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rica Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rica last name are 40.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.33% registered with the party.
The amount Rica earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 92.34% more than the national average, earning $43,666,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.71% more than the national average, earning $45,183 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.83% less than the national average, earning $24,926 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rica Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rica in the Tibetan language | ||
| རི་ཀ། | rika | - |
| Rica in the Marathi language | ||
| रीचा | rica | - |
| Rica in the Hindi language | ||
| रिका | rika | 66.67 |
| ऋ्चा | rca | 33.33 |
| Rica in the Arabic language | ||
| ريكا | ryka | - |
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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 Rica
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