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    The surname Richer

    A surname, carried by 2,513 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Richer: #12,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Richer #12,378, 2,513 people Richer: #12,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Richer #12,378, 2,513 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Richer is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,513 people named Richer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,859 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,434.

    #12,378
    rank among US surnames
    2,513
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,788)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,370Mikel2,514122,810
    #12,378Richer2,513122,859
    #12,384Barras2,512122,908

    Who is named Richer

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

    93% of people named Richer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Richer

    Richer has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Richer?
    2,513 people in the United States had the surname Richer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,859 Americans. It ranked 12,378th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Richer?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Richer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Richer getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,434 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,513 in 2010, up 3.2%.