The surname Richerson
A surname, carried by 2,368 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex R262
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,368 people named Richerson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,382 Americans. That is down 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,463.
#12,968
rank among US surnames
2,368
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
-3.9%
change since 2000 (was #11,671)
Who is named Richerson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
74% of people named Richerson identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 74%
- Black (not Hispanic) 19%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Richerson
Richerson has the Soundex code R262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R262.
Questions
- How common is the surname Richerson?
- 2,368 people in the United States had the surname Richerson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,382 Americans. It ranked 12,968th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Richerson?
- In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Richerson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Richerson getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,368 in 2010, down 3.9%.