what is the nationality of the last name Rickey?

Answer 1

Ancestry.Com shows the following given as place of origin of Rickey immigrants to the U. S.

Ireland 24

Great Britain 13

England 8

Switzerland 7

Germany 2

Lincolnshire 1

they give the following as the meaning

English and Northern Irish, probably a variant of Richey(see Richie)

possibly an altered spelling of the German
Richey

The same name can come from more than one nationality. Also not everyone with the same name is related.

The best way to know your heritage is to trace your ancestry starting with yourself and work back. Anytime you wish to do this, there are lots of good people on this board that can give you some great tips and advice.

Looking at the NY Passenger List ethnicity was given as German, Swiss, Irish, British,
Italian,English, Scottish, Scandinavian, Russian, Bavarian, Itallian. I believe most were Irish and British.

You can see why the origin of a name isn't very important in genealogy.

Rootweb(free site) has over 10,000 entries in family trees for Rickey. Pull up the site and put Rickey in the World Connect block.
If you see something that interest you, probe on a name and it will take you to a screen which will give you the name and email address of the submitters.

Don't take as fact everything you see in family trees on any website,free or paid. The trees are user sumitted and usually aren't documented. People are copying and even when you see they same information repeatedly that doesn't mean it is correct.

Also while you are interested in your surname, be very cautious about surname product peddlers. When they sell coat of arms on a surname alone, that is chicanery.

House of Names has in fine print the following. " We encourage you to study the Rickey genealogy to find out if you descend
from someone who bore a particular family crest. ...............................No families, not even royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested genealogical records."

Answer 2

This is what www.ancestry.com says about the surname.
Last Name
Rickey
English and northern Irish: probably a variant of Richey (see Richie).
Possibly an altered spelling of German Richey.
Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Ask your parents or go to the Public Library and ask the libriarian to look it up for you.

Answer 4

Filipino.