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    The surname Ricard

    A surname, carried by 2,984 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R263

    Ricard: #10,708 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ricard #10,708, 2,984 people Ricard: #10,708 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ricard #10,708, 2,984 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ricard is more common than 93.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,984 people named Ricard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,467 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,783.

    #10,708
    rank among US surnames
    2,984
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,578)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,701Lamkin2,987103,363
    #10,704Rugg2,986103,398
    #10,706Wardlow2,985103,432
    #10,708Ricard2,984103,467
    #10,711Shute2,983103,502
    #10,715Reading2,982103,536
    #10,717Nicoletti2,981103,571

    Who is named Ricard

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

    68% of people named Ricard identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.0%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ricards

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • René Ricard
      American art critic (1946–2014)
    • John Ricard
      American Roman Catholic bishop, 1940–2026

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ricard

    Ricard 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 Ricard?
    2,984 people in the United States had the surname Ricard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,467 Americans. It ranked 10,708th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ricard?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Ricard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ricard?
    René Ricard, American art critic (1946–2014), followed by John Ricard.
    Where is the surname Ricard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ricard in the United States.
    Is the surname Ricard getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,984 in 2010, up 7.2%.