Rinka
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹɪŋkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rinka is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 270K(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 515K
- FIFinland1 in 929K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 80 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 270K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rinka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 969K | — | Rinka | 3 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 515K | — | Rinka | 31 |
| US United States | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 12M | 114 | Rinka | 80 |
| HK Hong Kong | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 270K | — | Rinka | 3 |
| IT Italy | ≈18 est. | ≈1 in 3.5M | — | Rinka | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | 17 | 1 in 1M | 17 | Rinka | 5 |
| FI Finland | 6 | 1 in 929K | 25 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rinka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Lithuanian, marketplace
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, vairākas telpas zem viena jumta
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, neliela pļava starp tīrumiem
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Rinda, virkne
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Josla, sleja
as a wordTēzaurs.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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rinka Yaguchib. 1979JPJapanese AV idol
- Rinka Tamurab. 1980JPJapanese model
- Rinka Aiuchib. 1988JPJapanese AV idol
- Rinka Ōtanib. 1999JPJapanese fashion model, actress and tarento
- Rinka Shimizub. 2000JPJapanese actress and model
- Rinka Oshibab. 2001JPJapanese singer and SKE48 Team KII member
- Rinka Inagakib. 2001JPJapanese model and voice actress
- Rinka Kumadab. 2001JPJapanese female fashion model, actress
- Rinka Watanabeb. 2002JPJapanese figure skater (2002-)
- Rinka Kakiharab. 2004JPJapanese actress
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25 | #19,013 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #25,422 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 17 | #16,282 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 13 | #24,870 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 7 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 5 | — |
Reference works 3
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Rinka?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹɪŋkə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Rinka a male or female name?
- Rinka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Rinka have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Rinka in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rinka.
- How common is the name Rinka?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 17 people named Rinka, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
What do you want to know about Rinka?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rinkaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rinka”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.