Ricard is used as a family name or surname in Wales, France, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ricard
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Wales, France, England
Meaning:

Lastname is a variation of Reichert. Descendant of Ricohard meaning "rule, hard".

Is the variation of Richards. The son of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

Is the form of Rickert. An anglicization of the Dutch Rijkert, a variant of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

The lastname Ricard is a variant of Richard. 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, Ricket, 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.

How popular is Ricard?

Ricard is common in France, Canada, United States, Argentina, Morocco, Indonesia.

Ricard is ranked 22486 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ricard bearers increased by 7.22 per cent in 2010 US census to 2984 since 2000, the surname slipped by 130 spots and ranked at 10708. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 68.16 68.7
Black 21.48 21.7
Hispanic or Latino 7.04 6.07
Others 2.35 2.95
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.67 0.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.18
Ricard is quite popular family name mostly used in France however Vatican City lie ahead in terms of density. Around 24167 people have been found who wears Ricard as their family name. Ricard is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Ricard:
412 France13,017
Countries with thousands of Ricard:
872 Canada6,111
10,633 United States3,824
Countries with hundreds of Ricard:
23,277 Argentina147
42,794 Morocco136
88,950 Indonesia104
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,426 Dominican Republic77
29,555 Spain71
8,155 Colombia65
4,188 Cuba59
51,324 England53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,392 Puerto Rico48
282,725 India41
142,916 Brazil37
36,407 Belgium36
21,165 Switzerland32
16,538 Denmark28
275,741 Thailand27
6,814 Taiwan24
3,514 New Caledonia21
179,591 Nigeria21
11,611 Singapore21
6,584 Panama15
68,885 Netherlands15
25,468 Venezuela14
235,042 Germany11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
115,463 Italy8
150,293 Malaysia7
177,858 South Africa7
116,183 Sweden6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Jean Ricard from France aboard the Connecticut from Havre. He is registered to be 37 years old when he arrived in New York on February 23, 1850. 34 years old Louisa Ricard, Louise Ricard (34) Farmer, Janett Ricard, Maria Ricard, aged 27, Nicolaus Ricard (24), Pierre Ricard (17), Miss Ricard (32), Clerk Georg Ricard, and 16 other Ricard majority of whom were farmer and others worked as butcher and servant, merchant migrated to US from Havre, Antwerp, Liverpool and Hamburg & Southampton.

Ricard Namesakes

  • Théogène Ricard, Canadian politician
  • F. Baxter Ricard, Canadian media proprietor
  • Paul Ricard, French industrialist and creator of an eponymous pastis brand which merged
  • Louis Gustave Ricard, French painter born in Marseille
  • Guy Ricard, Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada
  • Léonide-Nestor-Arthur Ricard, politician in the Quebec, Canada
  • Jean-Pierre Ricard, French cardinal of the Roman Catholic church and archbishop of Bordeaux and Bazas
  • John Ricard, African-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Alan Ricard, former American football fullback
  • Matthieu Ricard, French writer and Buddhist monk
  • Rene Ricard, American poet, actor, art critic, and painter
  • Hámilton Ricard, Colombian former footballer
  • Lester Ricard, Lester Ray Ricard, Jr

Ricard Namesakes

  • Théogène Ricard, Canadian politician
  • F. Baxter Ricard, Canadian media proprietor
  • Paul Ricard, French industrialist and creator of an eponymous pastis brand which merged
  • Louis Gustave Ricard, French painter born in Marseille
  • Guy Ricard, Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada
  • Léonide-Nestor-Arthur Ricard, politician in the Quebec, Canada
  • Jean-Pierre Ricard, French cardinal of the Roman Catholic church and archbishop of Bordeaux and Bazas
  • John Ricard, African-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Alan Ricard, former American football fullback
  • Matthieu Ricard, French writer and Buddhist monk
  • Rene Ricard, American poet, actor, art critic, and painter
  • Hámilton Ricard, Colombian former footballer
  • Lester Ricard, Lester Ray Ricard, Jr

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