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    The surname Ricker

    A surname, carried by 8,850 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Ricker: #4,016 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ricker #4,016, 8,850 people Ricker: #4,016 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ricker #4,016, 8,850 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ricker is more common than 97.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,850 people named Ricker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,887 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,767.

    #4,016
    rank among US surnames
    8,850
    people in 2010
    3.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #3,713)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,007Marte8,86734,820
    #4,008Rodarte8,86034,847
    #4,009Burnside8,85934,851
    #4,010Hermann8,85834,855
    #4,011Wofford8,85634,863
    #4,012Magallanes8,85234,879
    #4,014Duval8,85134,883

    Who is named Ricker

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

    94% of people named Ricker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rickers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • LA Knight
      American professional wrestler, born 1982

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ricker

    Ricker has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ricker?
    8,850 people in the United States had the surname Ricker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,887 Americans. It ranked 4,016th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ricker?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ricker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ricker?
    LA Knight, American professional wrestler.
    Where is the surname Ricker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ricker in the United States.
    Is the surname Ricker getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,850 in 2010, up 0.9%.