The surname Rickett
A patronymic surname, carried by 2,879 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex R230
Origin
From a medieval diminutive of Richard.
Rickett 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 2,879 people named Rickett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,241 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,753.
Who is named Rickett
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Rickett identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 84%
- Black (not Hispanic) 12%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Rickett
Rickett has the Soundex code R230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R230.
Questions
- Where does the surname Rickett come from?
- From a medieval diminutive of Richard.
- How common is the surname Rickett?
- 2,879 people in the United States had the surname Rickett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,241 Americans. It ranked 11,044th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Rickett?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Rickett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Rickett?
- Rickett is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Rickett getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,879 in 2010, up 4.6%.
- Is Rickett also a first name?
- Yes. Rickett 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.