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    The surname Rickman

    A surname, carried by 6,774 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R255

    Rickman: #5,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rickman #5,166, 6,774 people Rickman: #5,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rickman #5,166, 6,774 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rickman is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,774 people named Rickman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,578 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,268.

    #5,166
    rank among US surnames
    6,774
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,137)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,162Loftis6,77745,558
    #5,164Hulse6,77645,565
    #5,165Guarino6,77545,571
    #5,166Rickman6,77445,578
    #5,167Borrego6,77245,591

    Who is named Rickman

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

    85% of people named Rickman identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rickmans

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alan Rickman
      British actor and director (1946–2016)
    • Thomas Rickman
      British architect, 1776–1841

    Notable Rickmans come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rickman

    Rickman has the Soundex code R255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R255.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rickman?
    6,774 people in the United States had the surname Rickman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,578 Americans. It ranked 5,166th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rickman?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Rickman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rickman?
    Alan Rickman, British actor and director (1946–2016), followed by Thomas Rickman.
    Where is the surname Rickman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rickman in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Rickman getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,774 in 2010, up 8.1%.