Rice
142,463 people in the United States were counted with the surname Rice in the 2020 census, making it the 192nd most common in the country. That is about one person in 2,098.
By the numbers
- People
- 142,463
- Rank
- 192nd
- How common
- 1 in 2,098
- Per 100,000
- 47.7
Where the name comes from
Origin Welsh, from a patronymic
As a Welsh surname, an Anglicization. Compare Reese, Freese, Price, and Preece.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Rice described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Rice
- Condoleezza Rice (born 1954)American diplomat and political scientist
- Anne Rice (1941–2021)American author
- Declan Rice (born 1999)English footballer
- Charles M. Rice (born 1952)American virologist
- Susan Rice (born 1964)American diplomat and policy advisor
- Stephanie Rice (born 1988)Australian swimmer
- Tim Rice (born 1944)British lyricist and author
- Jerry Rice (born 1962)American football player
People named Rice with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Rice
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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.