Last Name RICHARDS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Richard.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Lebanese, Falkland, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank 215 (2000 US census) 212 (1990 US census)
Count 125,653 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 81.74%, or 102709 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.28%, or 16687 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.53%, or 666 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.94%, or 1181 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.62%, or 2036 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.89%, or 2375 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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