How common is the surname Ritchey?

8,844 people in the United States had the surname Ritchey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,910 Americans. It ranked 4,019th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ritchey?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ritchey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ritchey?

George Willis Ritchey, American astronomer (1864–1945).

Where is the surname Ritchey most common?

Wikidata records people named Ritchey in the United States.

Is the surname Ritchey getting more or less common?

More common. 8,582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,844 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Ritchey

A surname, carried by 8,844 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ritchey is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,844 people named Ritchey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,910 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,582.

#4,019

rank among US surnames

8,844

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,791)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,014	Duval	8,851	34,883
#4,016	Weatherford	8,850	34,887
#4,018	McVey	8,848	34,894
#4,019	Ritchey	8,844	34,910

Who is named Ritchey

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

95% of people named Ritchey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ritcheys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Willis Ritchey
American astronomer (1864–1945)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ritchey

Ritchey 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 Ritchey?: 8,844 people in the United States had the surname Ritchey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,910 Americans. It ranked 4,019th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ritchey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ritchey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ritchey?: George Willis Ritchey, American astronomer (1864–1945).
Where is the surname Ritchey most common?: Wikidata records people named Ritchey in the United States.
Is the surname Ritchey getting more or less common?: More common. 8,582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,844 in 2010, up 3.1%.