Riceño Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Riceño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riceño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Riceno (4) are calculated separately.

Riceño Last Name Facts

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

The surname Riceño is borne by more people in Venezuela than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Riceno. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Riceño? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Riceño occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Riceño live; 75 percent live in South America and 75 percent live in Caribbean South America.

The last name is most commonly held in Venezuela, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 15,102,038. In Venezuela Riceño is mostly concentrated in: Lara, where 50 percent live and Zulia, where 50 percent live. Other than Venezuela it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riceno944/
Riceon831/
Risueño773,232/
Rizueño771/
Ricen7317/
Receno67276/
Ricean67140/
Ricino6772/
Rieson6757/
Riscen6745/
Roseño6733/
Ricena6717/
Roceno6713/
Reicen6710/
Riceni678/
Riseno677/
Ricine675/
Riseon674/
Receña674/
Raceno673/
Ricene671/
Resiño671/
Rusiño671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Riceño
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