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 Risco Salary in
United States
$47,457 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Risco Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Risco Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Risco is held by more people in Peru than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Rişco or Rîșco. For other potential spellings of Risco click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Risco? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 27,223rd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 369,139 people. The surname Risco is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Risco reside; 73 percent reside in South America and 66 percent reside in Andean South America. It is also the 396,762nd most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 462 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Peru, where it is borne by 10,937 people, or 1 in 2,906. In Peru Risco is primarily found in: Lima Province, where 26 percent are found, Piura Region, where 22 percent are found and La Libertad Region, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Peru Risco is found in 42 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 14 percent are found and Ecuador, where 10 percent are found.
Risco Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Risco has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Risco surname increased 21,067 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Risco Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Risco surname are 38.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 91.78% registered to vote for the political 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
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