How common is the surname Rickards?

1,786 people in the United States had the surname Rickards in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,870 Americans. It ranked 16,179th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rickards?

Ashley Rickards, American actress, followed by John E. Rickards.

Where is the surname Rickards most common?

Wikidata records people named Rickards in the United States.

Is the surname Rickards getting more or less common?

More common. 1,546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,786 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Rickards

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,786 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). Rickards is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

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

Rickards 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 1,786 people named Rickards in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,870 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,546.

#16,179

rank among US surnames

1,786

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+15.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,960)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,171	Macario	1,787	172,773
#16,179	Rickards	1,786	172,870
#16,188	Pidgeon	1,785	172,967

Who is named Rickards

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

86% of people named Rickards identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rickardss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ashley Rickards
American actress, born 1992
John E. Rickards
American politician (1848-1927)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rickards

Rickards 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 Rickards come from?: From Rickard, a medieval variant of Richard + the patronymic suffix -s.
How common is the surname Rickards?: 1,786 people in the United States had the surname Rickards in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,870 Americans. It ranked 16,179th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rickards?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Rickards identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rickards?: Ashley Rickards, American actress, followed by John E. Rickards.
Where is the surname Rickards most common?: Wikidata records people named Rickards in the United States.
What type of surname is Rickards?: Rickards is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Rickards getting more or less common?: More common. 1,546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,786 in 2010, up 16%.