How common is the surname Rickert?

5,483 people in the United States had the surname Rickert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,310 Americans. It ranked 6,232nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rickert?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rickert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rickert?

Rick Rickert, American basketball player (born 1983).

Where is the surname Rickert most common?

Wikidata records people named Rickert in the United States.

Is the surname Rickert getting more or less common?

More common. 5,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,483 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Rickert

A surname, carried by 5,483 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). Rickert is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,483 people named Rickert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,310 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,111.

#6,232

rank among US surnames

5,483

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,173)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,223	Osteen	5,497	56,166
#6,224	Sabin	5,496	56,176
#6,225	Gonsalez	5,495	56,187
#6,226	Bramlett	5,494	56,197
#6,228	Deberry	5,493	56,207
#6,229	Rackley	5,488	56,258
#6,230	Harker	5,485	56,289

Who is named Rickert

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

95% of people named Rickert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rickerts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rick Rickert
American basketball player (born 1983)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rickert

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

Questions

How common is the surname Rickert?: 5,483 people in the United States had the surname Rickert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,310 Americans. It ranked 6,232nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rickert?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rickert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rickert?: Rick Rickert, American basketball player (born 1983).
Where is the surname Rickert most common?: Wikidata records people named Rickert in the United States.
Is the surname Rickert getting more or less common?: More common. 5,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,483 in 2010, up 7.3%.