How common is the surname Ricketts?

12,862 people in the United States had the surname Ricketts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,004 Americans. It ranked 2,801st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ricketts?

Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (1871–1910), followed by Ed Ricketts.

Where is the surname Ricketts most common?

Wikidata records people named Ricketts in the United States, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

Is the surname Ricketts getting more or less common?

More common. 11,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,862 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Ricketts

A patronymic surname, carried by 12,862 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R232

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ricketts is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

From Rickett, a medieval diminutive of Richard + the patronymic suffix -s.

Ricketts 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 12,862 people named Ricketts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,004 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,940.

#2,801

rank among US surnames

12,862

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,777)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,792	Oldham	12,928	23,882
#2,793	Belanger	12,922	23,893
#2,794	Alcantar	12,919	23,899
#2,795	Looney	12,910	23,915
#2,796	Kenyon	12,891	23,950
#2,798	Epperson	12,884	23,963
#2,799	Aguayo	12,876	23,978

Who is named Ricketts

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

72% of people named Ricketts identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rickettss

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Howard Taylor Ricketts
American pathologist (1871–1910)
Ed Ricketts
American marine biologist (1897–1948)
David Ricketts
British cyclist, 1920–1996
Charles Ricketts
British artist and publisher (1866-1931)
Dick Ricketts
American baseball player (1933–1988)
Joe Ricketts
American businessman (born 1941)

Notable Rickettss come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (1) and Switzerland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Ricketts

Ricketson

Ricketts has the Soundex code R232, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R232.

Questions

Where does the surname Ricketts come from?: From Rickett, a medieval diminutive of Richard + the patronymic suffix -s.
How common is the surname Ricketts?: 12,862 people in the United States had the surname Ricketts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,004 Americans. It ranked 2,801st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ricketts?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Ricketts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ricketts?: Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (1871–1910), followed by Ed Ricketts.
Where is the surname Ricketts most common?: Wikidata records people named Ricketts in the United States, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
What type of surname is Ricketts?: Ricketts is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Ricketts getting more or less common?: More common. 11,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,862 in 2010, up 7.7%.