Rinko

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈɹɪŋkoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Rinko is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Angola than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • AOAngola≈1 in 338K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 376K
  • CZCzechia≈1 in 664K

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.

Angola (inferred from the name graph)

≈96 people, est.

Sources
103 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 338K (inferred from the name graph)

Angola, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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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)

Rinko 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.

Where Rinko is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AO Angola≈96 est.≈1 in 338K—Rinko1
US United States≈50 est.≈1 in 6.7M217Rinko103
NL Netherlands461 in 376K46Rinko8
MY Malaysia≈19 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Rinko3
CZ Czechia≈16 est.≈1 in 664K8——
CH Switzerland≈7 est.≈1 in 1.3M5—1
NZ New Zealand≈4 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Rinko1

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; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); MVČR — living population register 2017; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rinko is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Japanese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, India, United States, Canada

    Also written Rinkō

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  • Spanish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina

    Also written Rïnkö

  • Bangla given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh, India

    Also written রিংকো

  • Croatian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Croatia

    Also written Ринко

33 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Rinko 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 Lithuanian, third-person singular past of rinkti

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

1960197019801990Rinko Nagami, b. 1962Rinko Ueda, b. 1970Rinko Kawauchi, b. 1972Rinko Sakata, b. 1973Rinko Kikuchi, b. 1981

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)

Informalこんにちは、RinkoさんHi Rinko, (English)

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 14 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Rinko
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000217#81,100
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010186#97,671
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020184#103,857
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—8#90,816
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20245#101,952
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Rinko?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɪŋkoʊ/ (IPA) for Japanese.
Is Rinko a male or female name?
Rinko is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Rinko have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 96 people named Rinko in Angola, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rinko.
How common is the name Rinko?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 46 people named Rinko, about 1 in 376 thousand residents.

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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, “Rinko”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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