# Rickards (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,786 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,179 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 172,870 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (1,546 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Rickard, a medieval variant of Richard + the patronymic suffix -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rickards 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rickards in the United States.

## People named Rickards

- Ashley Rickards, American actress
- John E. Rickards, American politician (1848-1927)

## Similar surnames

Richardson, Richards, Richard, Rickard, Rickert, Ricciardi, Reichard, Ricardo, Riccardi, Ricard, 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.