Ricaño Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cuba
Highest density in:
Cuba

Ricaño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ricaño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cuba1301:88,6362,831
Mexico1151:1,079,35813,690
Argentina181:2,374,634110,716
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Ricano (181) are calculated separately.

Ricaño Last Name Facts

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

Ricaño occurs in Cuba more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Ricano. For other possible spellings of Ricaño click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ricaño? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 945,594th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Ricaño reside; 47 percent reside in Caribbean and 47 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean.

This surname is most widespread in Cuba, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 88,636. In Cuba it is mostly concentrated in: Villa Clara Province, where 94 percent live, Havana, where 3 percent live and Cienfuegos Province, where 1 percent live. Other than Cuba Ricaño is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 42 percent live and Argentina, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ricano94181/
Ricanño921/
Ricaña831,305/
Recaño8392/
Ricagno77957/
Ricañas7730/
Riciano775/
Ricañia772/
Ricanio772/
Richano772/
Riscano771/
Recaños771/
Ricanno771/
Riscaneo7122/
Riscanio711/
Riscaino710/
Rizano671,107/
Recano67389/
Ricono67174/
Risano67144/
Ricana6778/
Ricona6734/
Rijano6727/
Rikano676/
Rejaño672/
Rizaña671/

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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 Ricaño
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