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    The surname Ricks

    A patronymic surname, carried by 18,506 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ricks is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

    From Rick + the patronymic suffix -s.

    Ricks 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 18,506 people named Ricks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,684 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,474.

    #1,950
    rank among US surnames
    18,506
    people in 2010
    6.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #1,887)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,941Mondragon18,62016,581
    #1,942Fair18,60916,591
    #1,943Rizzo18,60516,595
    #1,944Sands18,58416,614
    #1,945Queen18,55716,638
    #1,946Ledford18,53216,660
    #1,947Allred18,52616,666

    Who is named Ricks

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

    48% of people named Ricks identified as Black (not Hispanic), 47% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 48%
    • White (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Ricks

    Ricks has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ricks come from?
    From Rick + the patronymic suffix -s.
    How common is the surname Ricks?
    18,506 people in the United States had the surname Ricks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,684 Americans. It ranked 1,950th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ricks?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Ricks identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 47% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Ricks?
    Ricks is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Ricks getting more or less common?
    More common. 17,474 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,506 in 2010, up 5.9%.