Risco Surname
Approximately 19,742 people bear this surname
Risco Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 10,937 | 1:2,906 | 483 |
| Spain | 2,705 | 1:17,284 | 1,944 |
| Ecuador | 2,013 | 1:7,902 | 1,276 |
| Cuba | 1,198 | 1:9,618 | 847 |
| Chile | 1,005 | 1:17,529 | 1,192 |
| United States | 632 | 1:573,511 | 47,017 |
| Venezuela | 261 | 1:115,724 | 3,985 |
| Romania | 232 | 1:86,543 | 10,089 |
| Philippines | 111 | 1:912,056 | 82,078 |
| Argentina | 110 | 1:388,576 | 29,949 |
| Brazil | 70 | 1:3,058,205 | 88,974 |
| Australia | 64 | 1:421,808 | 33,593 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Panama | 59 | 1:66,309 | 2,910 |
| France | 58 | 1:1,145,219 | 121,886 |
| Andorra | 58 | 1:1,445 | 247 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Colombia | 24 | 1:1,990,586 | 12,178 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Rişco (2) & Rîșco (4) are calculated separately.
Risco (462) may also be a first name.
Risco Demographics
Average Male Risco Height
175.03 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Risco Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Risco Come From? nationality or country of origin
Risco is borne by more people in Peru than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Rişco or Rîșco. Click here for further possible spellings of Risco.
How Common Is The Last Name Risco? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 27,223rd most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 369,139 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Risco are found; 73 percent are found in South America and 66 percent are found in Andean South America. Risco is also the 396,762nd most common first name globally. It is borne by 462 people.
The surname Risco is most commonly held in Peru, where it is borne by 10,937 people, or 1 in 2,906. In Peru it is primarily concentrated in: Lima Province, where 26 percent reside, Piura Region, where 22 percent reside and La Libertad Region, where 11 percent reside. Besides Peru it occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 14 percent reside and Ecuador, where 10 percent reside.
Risco Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Risco has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 21,067 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Risco Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Risco last name are 38.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 91.78% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Risco earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 0.55% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,278 per year; in Colombia they earn 42.33% less than the national average, earning $13,092,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.98% more than the national average, earning $47,457 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.56% less than the national average, earning $45,429 CAD per year.
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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 Risco
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