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    The surname Richman

    A surname, carried by 6,583 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R255

    Richman: #5,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Richman #5,289, 6,583 people Richman: #5,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Richman #5,289, 6,583 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Richman is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,583 people named Richman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,900 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,803.

    #5,289
    rank among US surnames
    6,583
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,765)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,285Fortenberry6,58946,858
    #5,287Bays6,58846,865
    #5,288Brodie6,58546,886
    #5,289Mallard6,58346,900

    Who is named Richman

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

    93% of people named Richman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Richmans

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Peter Mark Richman
      American actor (1927–2021)
    • Jonathan Richman
      American musician, born 1951
    • Charles Richman
      Actor (1865-1940)
    • Tommy Richman
      American singer and rapper, born 2000

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Richman

    Richman has the Soundex code R255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R255.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Richman?
    6,583 people in the United States had the surname Richman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,900 Americans. It ranked 5,289th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Richman?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Richman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Richman?
    Peter Mark Richman, American actor (1927–2021), followed by Jonathan Richman.
    Where is the surname Richman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Richman in the United States.
    Is the surname Richman getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,803 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,583 in 2010, down 3.2%.