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    The surname Recht

    An occupational surname, carried by 472 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R230

    Recht: #45,347 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Recht #45,347, 472 people Recht: #45,347 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Recht #45,347, 472 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Recht is more common than 72.1% of them.

    Origin

    From Scots or Dutch wrecht (“worker”), both cognate to English Wright and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō. See below for German derivation.

    Recht is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 472 people named Recht in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 654,122 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 537.

    #45,347
    rank among US surnames
    472
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -12.1%
    change since 2000 (was #38,706)

    Who is named Recht

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Recht identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Recht come from?
    From Scots or Dutch wrecht (“worker”), both cognate to English Wright and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō. See below for German derivation.
    How common is the surname Recht?
    472 people in the United States had the surname Recht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 654,122 Americans. It ranked 45,347th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Recht?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Recht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Recht?
    Recht is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Recht getting more or less common?
    Less common. 537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 472 in 2010, down 12%.