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    The surname Reichert

    A surname, carried by 10,345 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R263

    Reichert: #3,453 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Reichert #3,453, 10,345 people Reichert: #3,453 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Reichert #3,453, 10,345 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reichert is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,345 people named Reichert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,845 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,920.

    #3,453
    rank among US surnames
    10,345
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,311)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,444McMillen10,37129,770
    #3,445Healey10,37029,773
    #3,447Burge10,36429,790
    #3,448Aldana10,36229,796
    #3,449Kozlowski10,35829,807
    #3,450Turk10,35429,819
    #3,452Tom10,35029,830

    Who is named Reichert

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

    96% of people named Reichert identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Reicherts

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ossi Reichert
      Alpine skier from Germany, 1925–2006
    • Julia Reichert
      American film director and film producer (1946–2022)
    • Stephen Joseph Reichert
      American priest, born 1943

    Notable Reicherts come mostly from the United States (2) and Germany (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Reichert

    Reichert has the Soundex code R263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R263.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Reichert?
    10,345 people in the United States had the surname Reichert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,845 Americans. It ranked 3,453rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Reichert?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Reichert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Reichert?
    Ossi Reichert, Alpine skier from Germany, followed by Julia Reichert.
    Where is the surname Reichert most common?
    Wikidata records people named Reichert in the United States and Germany.
    Is the surname Reichert getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,920 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,345 in 2010, up 4.3%.