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    The surname Riddick

    A surname, carried by 8,464 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R320

    Riddick: #4,187 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Riddick #4,187, 8,464 people Riddick: #4,187 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Riddick #4,187, 8,464 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riddick is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,464 people named Riddick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,477 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,876.

    #4,187
    rank among US surnames
    8,464
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #4,172)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,178Barnette8,48036,409
    #4,179Batts8,47336,439
    #4,180Montelongo8,47236,443
    #4,182Wasson8,47136,447
    #4,184Cartagena8,46736,465
    #4,185Coons8,46636,469
    #4,186Pagano8,46536,473

    Who is named Riddick

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

    68% of people named Riddick identified as Black (not Hispanic), 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 68%
    • White (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Riddick

    Riddick has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Riddick?
    8,464 people in the United States had the surname Riddick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,477 Americans. It ranked 4,187th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Riddick?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Riddick identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Riddick getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,876 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,464 in 2010, up 7.5%.