Rica is used as a family name or surname in Spain. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rica
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Spain
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Rica

How popular is Rica?

Rica is common in Spain.

Rica is ranked 57429 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ricas plummeted by 38.5 per cent to 123 since 2000 and slipped by 49792 spots and ranked at 136449. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 70.73 71.5
Hispanic or Latino 17.07 13
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.5 4.5
Black 5.69 7.5
Rica is quite popular family name mostly used in Philippines while Albania is ahead in terms of density. Around 8102 people have been found who wears Rica as their family name. Rica is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
15,956 Venezuela3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
40,064 Nigeria2
82,478 South Africa2
6,353 Panama2
2,401 Honduras2
1,542 Andorra1
90,903 Moldova1
9,116 Nicaragua1
62,864 New Zealand1
37,493 Austria1
19,810 Croatia1
24,460 Armenia1
29,046 Japan1
16,073 Latvia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,935 Madagascar1
40,340 Malaysia1
7,941 Guatemala1
42,479 Greece1
17,236 Ghana1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
6,212 Jamaica1
13,447 Uganda1
18,969 Wales1
9,498 Iceland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
75,927 England43
43,662 Belgium30
78,557 Netherlands13
171,702 Canada12
120,934 Australia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,636 Ecuador92
1,311 Costa Rica87
9,387 Serbia60
18,012 Peru57
Countries with hundreds of Rica:
17,910 Indonesia651
70,640 India366
15,781 Argentina343
13,215 Mexico314
33,969 France294
8,119 Romania271
2,184 Albania236
43,536 Germany235
112,908 United States194
6,753 Colombia192
3,076 Portugal185
48,322 Italy157
6,815 Chile144
Countries with thousands of Rica:
10,039 Philippines1,482
9,704 Brazil1,415
3,952 Spain1,139
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Turner Agostino Rica from Italy aboard the La Gascogne from Havre. He is registered to be 26 years old when he arrived in USA on November 1, 1886. Angelo Rica (53) Laborer, 40 years old Filomena Rica, G. Rica, aged 1, 4 years old Giov. Rica, Housekeeper Giovanna Rica, Giove. Rica, aged 23, 35 years old Giuseppe Rica, 25 years old Joseph Rica, and 14 other Rica around 31.58% of whom were laborer while others worked as housekeeper and farmer migrated to US from Naples, Marseilles and Havre.

Comments

J
Joetta Kitchell
rica is probably derived from the Occitan name meaning ric rich but it can also represent an Italian diminutive of baptismal names (and patronymic) enrica, Frederica, etc.

Rica Namesakes

  • Juan Ricardo Faccio, Soccer player
  • Ace Ricafort, Actor
  • Adriana Ricardo, Film actress
  • Luis Ricardo Aldana, Politician
  • Carlos Alessandro Ricardo, Soccer player
  • Orlando Ricardo Menes, Poet
  • Allisson Ricardo, Soccer striker
  • Allisson Ricardo, Soccer striker
  • Amable Ricard, Politician
  • Wagner Ricardo Silva Da Silva, Soccer player
  • Rita Rica portrayed the small character of N in 1940 drama movie Senorita.

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