How common is the surname Rickard?

9,128 people in the United States had the surname Rickard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,824 Americans. It ranked 3,886th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rickard?

Brenton Rickard, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, world champion, former world record-holder, followed by Tex Rickard.

Where is the surname Rickard most common?

Wikidata records people named Rickard in Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Rickard getting more or less common?

More common. 8,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,128 in 2010, up 12%.

Is Rickard also a first name?

Yes. Rickard is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rickard

A patronymic surname, carried by 9,128 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rickard is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

From a medieval variant of Richard.

Rickard is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,128 people named Rickard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,824 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,140.

#3,886

rank among US surnames

9,128

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+12.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,005)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,877	Gaddis	9,142	33,772
#3,879	McClintock	9,141	33,776
#3,880	Worden	9,139	33,783
#3,881	Dube	9,136	33,794
#3,882	Zink	9,134	33,802
#3,884	Schiller	9,132	33,809
#3,885	Jerome	9,131	33,813

Who is named Rickard

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

91% of people named Rickard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Two or more races 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rickards

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brenton Rickard
Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1983
Tex Rickard
American sports promoter (1870–1929)

Notable Rickards come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Rickard

Rickard has the Soundex code R263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R263.

Questions

Where does the surname Rickard come from?: From a medieval variant of Richard.
How common is the surname Rickard?: 9,128 people in the United States had the surname Rickard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,824 Americans. It ranked 3,886th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rickard?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Rickard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Rickard?: Brenton Rickard, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, world champion, former world record-holder, followed by Tex Rickard.
Where is the surname Rickard most common?: Wikidata records people named Rickard in Australia and the United States.
What type of surname is Rickard?: Rickard is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Rickard getting more or less common?: More common. 8,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,128 in 2010, up 12%.
Is Rickard also a first name?: Yes. Rickard is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.