Rickards Surname
Approximately 5,839 people bear this surname
Rickards Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Richard'; v. Ricard.
1602. Baptised — Henry, s. George Rickardes: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1625-6. Nathaniel Rickard and Grace Wosted: Marriage Lic. (London).
Read More About This SurnameRickards Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,261 | 1:160,309 | 16,315 |
| England | 1,736 | 1:32,096 | 4,277 |
| Australia | 896 | 1:30,129 | 4,033 |
| Canada | 298 | 1:123,643 | 12,947 |
| Wales | 140 | 1:22,104 | 2,352 |
| Jamaica | 124 | 1:23,145 | 1,921 |
| New Zealand | 107 | 1:42,321 | 7,058 |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | 1:385,956 | 35,257 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Mexico | 21 | 1:5,910,772 | 31,438 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 16 | 1:276,867 | 11,455 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 727 | 1:33,529 | 4,421 |
| Wales | 36 | 1:43,567 | 2,298 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 337 | 1:149,017 | 13,853 |
Rickards Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Richard'; v. Ricard.
1602. Baptised — Henry, s. George Rickardes: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1625-6. Nathaniel Rickard and Grace Wosted: Marriage Lic. (London).
Alan Richert, a follower of the earl of Cassilis, was respited for murder in 1526 (RSS., I, 3386). Thomas Rechard, 1561 (CMN., 80). As forename: Richart Strathern, 1462. An Old English personal name meaning "powerfully rich" (rice + h(e)ard).
Rickard’s (Son).
(English) Descendant of Rickard or Ricard, variants of Richard (rule, hard).
This baptismal name, besides becoming itself a surname, has given rise to many others; viz., Richards, Richardson, Rich, Ritchie, Riches, Rick, Ricks, Rix, Rickson, Rixon, Ritson, Rickards, Rieket, Ricketts. From Dick and Hitchin, two ' nurse-names ' of Richard, we also derive Dix, Dicks, Dickson, Dixon, Digons, Dickens, Dickins, Dickinson, Dickerson, Dickison; and Hitchins, Hitchinson, Hitchcock, Hitchcox.
(Saxon.) Of a powerful, rich, or generous disposition, from ric, rich, and ard, nature or disposition.
Rickards Demographics
Average Male Rickards Height
177.58 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Rickards Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rickards Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rickards is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rickards? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 82,922nd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,248,081 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Rickards are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,261 people, or 1 in 160,309. In The United States Rickards is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 15 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States it is found in 40 countries. It is also found in England, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 15 percent reside.
Rickards Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rickards has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rickards last name expanded 671 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 239 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 389 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 217 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rickards Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Rickards last name is principally Catholic (88%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Rickards surname are 19.84% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.61% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Rickards earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 294.01% more than the national average, earning S/. 76,378 per year; in South Africa they earn 89.3% more than the national average, earning R 449,856 per year; in United States they earn 7.16% more than the national average, earning $46,238 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.43% more than the national average, earning $53,374 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rickhards | 94 | 29 | / |
| Rickeards | 94 | 0 | / |
| Ricards | 93 | 264 | / |
| Rikards | 93 | 58 | / |
| Rickords | 88 | 155 | / |
| Ricahrds | 88 | 50 | / |
| Reckards | 88 | 45 | / |
| Rickerds | 88 | 25 | / |
| Riccards | 88 | 12 | / |
| Rihcards | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ricgards | 88 | 2 | / |
| Rijkards | 88 | 2 | / |
| Rikhards | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ricaards | 88 | 1 | / |
| Rickarts | 88 | 0 | / |
| Ricahards | 82 | 4 | / |
| Richcards | 82 | 2 | / |
| Rickartts | 82 | 0 | / |
| Rickcords | 82 | 0 | / |
| Ricords | 80 | 19 | / |
| Ricarts | 80 | 14 | / |
| Rikarts | 80 | 5 | / |
| Rikerds | 80 | 2 | / |
| Rikords | 80 | 1 | / |
| Recards | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rijckaerts | 78 | 1 | / |
| Rickerts | 75 | 459 | / |
| Riscarts | 75 | 8 | / |
| Reckords | 75 | 4 | / |
| Riccarts | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rickartz | 75 | 0 | / |
| Ryckaerts | 71 | 8 | / |
| Rickertts | 71 | 3 | / |
| Reiskarts | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ricarz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ryckcords | 71 | 0 | / |
| Richeirds | 71 | 0 | / |
| Records | 67 | 63 | / |
| Rekords | 67 | 35 | / |
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Rickards Reference & Research
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