Ričnik Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Ričnik Surname User-submission:

The origin and meaning of the Ričnik surname is unclear, there are speculations that it may have developed from the Bosnian rječnik, which would make it 'speaker', 'narrator'. Another theory is that it developed out of rižnik, someone dealing with 'rice' (riž in Slovenian), but that doesn't seem as likely.

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Ričnik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia351:71,0769,906

The alternate forms: Ricnik (2) are calculated separately.

Ričnik Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The origin and meaning of the Ričnik surname is unclear, there are speculations that it may have developed from the Bosnian rječnik, which would make it 'speaker', 'narrator'. Another theory is that it developed out of rižnik, someone dealing with 'rice' (riž in Slovenian), but that doesn't seem as likely.

The variant Ricnik in Germany exists because of the absence of the letter č in the German alphabet and the inability to store it in computers in the 1960's, but they're the same family from Slovenia.

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Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ricnik942/
Rečnik83466/
Risnik83111/
Riznik8359/
Rižnik8350/
Rieznik7768/
Riesnik7729/
Riecnik7717/
Riznick7712/
Rzisnik776/
Risnick772/
Risniks772/
Reisnik772/
Ricnick771/
Rziznik771/
Richnik771/
Reitsnik7131/
Raichnik711/
Richnick711/
Reznik6712,652/
Resnik673,664/
Rysnik67280/
Riznyk67208/
Recnik6790/
Risnic6775/
Rejnik6759/
Riznek6759/
Riznic6751/
Riznikova6718/
Risnyk679/
Rečniková674/
Ryśnik674/
Rečník672/
Rešnik671/
Ruznik671/
Risnikova671/
Reßnik671/
Rycnik671/

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