Richardâ Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Richardâ Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Richardâ Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania511:1,038,07145,916
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Richarda (37) are calculated separately.

Richardâ Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Richardâ Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Richardâ (Hindi: रिचर्ड, Oriya: ରିଚାଡର୍) is most common in Tanzania. It may appear as: Richarda. Click here for further possible spellings of Richardâ.

How Common Is The Last Name Richardâ? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. Richardâ occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Richardâ are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 1,038,071. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Richarda9637/
Richardo88640/
Richardot821,429/
Richardas8248/
Richardos8240/
Richardou8221/
Richardoz8214/
Ricardo80145,509/
Ricarda80355/
Ricardó801/
Richardaud7835/
Richarddey781/
Reichardho781/
Richardott781/
Richhardha781/
Ricardou75106/
Ricardho7540/
Ricarday7514/
Ricardoo755/
Rychardo755/
Ricarddo754/
Ricaardo753/
Ricardda751/
Ricahrdo751/
Ricardoa751/
Ricarhdo751/
Ricarrdo751/
Rechardo751/
Rizardo672,225/
Recardo67322/
Ricorda67140/
Ricordo67119/
Risardo6721/
Rijarda671/
Recarda671/
Rycardo670/

Richardâ Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Richardâ in the Oriya language
ରିଚାଡର୍ricadar93.88
ରିଚାଡricada4.08
ରୀଚାଡର୍ricadar2.04
Richardâ in the Hindi language
रिचर्डricarda93.75
रिचार्डricarda6.25

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Richardâ
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