The Ricardo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,448 people carried this name — #9,433 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 32% from 2,617 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,856 people named Ricardo live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 112 people named Ricardo.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
83 people named Ricardo live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Ricardo in American newspapers,
1898–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 75,631 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ricardo,
with a public archive behind them.
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David Ricardo 1772–1823 · writer -
Horace Ricardo 1850–1935 · military officer -
F. C. Ricardo 1852–1924 · police officer -
Benjamin Ricardo 1872–1944 · rabbi -
Harry Ricardo 1885–1974 · engineer -
Antonio Ricardo 1532–1605 · printer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 71 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ricardo.
- Ribet 124 · U.S. census
- Ribis 116 · U.S. census
- Riblet 212 · U.S. census
- Ribot 428 · U.S. census
- Rica 123 · U.S. census
- Ricard 2,984 · U.S. census
- Ricart 272 · U.S. census
- Ricca 1,676 · U.S. census
- Riccardi 3,289 · U.S. census
- Ricci 11,534 · U.S. census
- Ricciardi 3,951 · U.S. census
- Ricciarelli 133 · U.S. census
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