# Richards (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/richards/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 130,529 |
| US rank (2010) | 228 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,365 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (125,653 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Richards in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Richards in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Canada.

## People named Richards

- Michael Richards, American actor and comedian
- Denise Richards, American actress
- Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, Nobel Prize recipient (1895-1973)
- Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist (1842-1911)
- Chris Richards, American soccer player
- Bob Richards, American athletics competitor, pole vaulter (1926–2023)
- Ariana Richards, American artist
- Kyle Richards, American actress and television personality
- Beah Richards, American actress (1920–2000)
- J. August Richards, American actor
- Alma Richards, American Olympic high jump gold medalist athlete, soldier, lawyer and teacher (1890–1963)
- Kim Richards, American actress and television personality (born 1964)

and 37 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Richardson, Richard, Rickard, Ricciardi, Reichard, Ricardo, Riccardi, Ricard, Richert, Rickards, Reichardt, Rikard.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.