Popularity of the last name by country
Germany
- Niedersachsen (290)
- Bayern (147)
- Berlin (136)
- Hessen (63)
- Brandenburg (51)
- Baden Wurttemberg (51)
- Bremen (46)
- Rheinland Pfalz (38)
- Nordrhein-Westfalen (26)
- Sachsen (23)
- Hamburg (17)
- Mecklenburg Vorpommern (6)
- Sachsen Anhalt (4)
- Saarland (3)
- Schleswig Holstein (3)
- Thuringen (2)
All countries
- United States (272,539)
- United Kingdom (121,108)
- Ireland (28,744)
- Canada (6,760)
- France (6,526)
- Australia (6,311)
- Unknown country (4,316)
- New Zealand (4,149)
- Germany (1,162)
- Italy (378)
- Colombia (357)
- Belgium (355)
- Switzerland (355)
- Spain (256)
- Netherlands (240)
- India (226)
- Mexico (203)
- Poland (193)
- Russian Federation (126)
- Lebanon (120)
- Sweden (115)
- China (105)
- Norway (103)
- Argentina (99)
- Peru (98)
- Greece (83)
- Réunion (80)
- Denmark (76)
- South Africa (67)
- Austria (66)
- Panama (58)
- Indonesia (57)
- Jamaica (56)
- Korea, Republic of (51)
- Philippines (50)
- Paraguay (49)
- Turkey (48)
- Brazil (43)
- Portugal (42)
- Cuba (41)
Origine of last name
RICE : 1: Welsh: Anglicized pronunciation of one of the most common Welsh personal names Rhys from a form originally meaning ‘rash impetuous’ also spelled Rys and Re(e)s. See also <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Reese">Reese</a> with which it is interchangeable as a result of different Anglicized forms of the Welsh vowel y and also compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Preece">Preece</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Price">Price</a>. Initial R- in Welsh is voiceless and often spelled Rh- but in English R- is voiced as in the Anglicized surnames Rees and Rice. Welsh y is a short back vowel /ɪ/. In the medieval period the English approximation of this vowel was either /i/ or /e/ lengthened to /i:/ and /e:/. Subsequent sound changes in English produced the alternative pronunciations represented in Rees Preece and Rice Price. The name has also been established in Ireland from an early date.2: English: either a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a thicket (Middle English ris rice ris from Old English hrīs Old Norse hrís) or a habitational name for someone who came from a place called with this word such as Rise (East Yorkshire).3: English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English Rys(e) and Re(e)s which when without a preposition could derive from one or other of several Old French and Middle English words including Anglo-Norman French ris ‘laughter smile’ Middle English ris res ‘stem stalk’ in origin the same word as in 2 above and Middle English ris rise rice res Old French ris riz ‘rice’ perhaps a nickname for a rice dealer or a cook.4: Americanized form of German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Reis">Reis</a>.
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