Rico surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Rico surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,954 people carried this name — #1,359 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,400 people counted. That is up 39% from 18,735 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 4,612 people named Rico 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,086
City of Buenos Aires 611
Córdoba 502
Santa Fe 323
Mendoza 228
Chaco 180
Salta 165
Tucumán 92

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 698 people named Rico.

347 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 347
Hauts-de-Seine 72
Hérault 31
Aude 21
Essonne 21
Gironde 18
Paris 17
Bouches-du-Rhône 14
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 14

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

165 people named Rico live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 35
Geneva 27
Vaud 25
Bern 22
Neuchâtel 11
Valais 8
Jura 8
Aargau 8

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

Rico in American newspapers,
1898–1921.

Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Rico
Daily Inter Mountain 1900-04-13
Newspaper page from The St. Charles Herald carrying the name Rico
The St. Charles Herald 1921-07-23
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Rico
The Grenada Sentinel 1898-08-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 848,681 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Rico,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Manolo Rico
    Manolo Rico d. 1999 · actor
  • Manolo Rico
    Manolo Rico d. 1999 · actor
  • Rafael Acedo-Rico y Amat
    Rafael Acedo-Rico y Amat 1816–1878 · military personnel
  • Manuel Rico Sinobas
    Manuel Rico Sinobas 1819–1898 · naturalist
  • Erik Rico d. 2025 · composer
  • Generoso Rico Rodríguez d. 1940 · miner

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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