Formica

• Spanish:/foɾmika/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• Italian:/formika/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Formica is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English58%

  A heat-resistant laminate material used to veneer countertops.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  tdmk for plastic sheeting

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Spanish19%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Formica in Spanish.

• Italian10.0%

  do lat. formica, formiga; pode indicar hab. de Formica

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Formica is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Fórmica

• Thai surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Italy

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written ฟอร์มิคา, ฟอรมคา, ฟอร์ไมก้า

• Russian surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Italy

  Also written Формика, Formika

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Fórmica

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Formica is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, Mežskudras

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Rino Formicab. 1927ITItalian politician
• Daniele Formicab. 1949ITIrish-Italian actor
• Mauro Formicab. 1988BOArgentina fútbol

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

21 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 12 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Formica mean, and where does it come from?

A heat-resistant laminate material used to veneer countertops. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Formica?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /foɾmika/; in Italian /formika/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Which countries have the most people with the surname Formica?

In the United States, the national register counted about 1.4 thousand people named Formica, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled formica. After it come Argentina, Belgium, Switzerland and Brazil; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Formica most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Formica is densest in Argentina — about 1 in 72 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Formica?

In the United States, the national register counted 1,393 people named Formica in 2010, about 1 in 239 thousand residents.