Surname Checker / Rice
How Common Is the Last Name Rice?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Rice today
165,530
Ranked #184 of 162,254 published surnames · 50.68 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 149,500 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
77.63%
Black
16.74%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.57%
Hispanic
2.33%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.