Richards is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Richards
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

See 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.

The lastname Richards is the form of the 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.

Family name Richards is the variant form of Rickert. An anglicization of the Dutch Rijkert, a variant of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

Surname Richards is the variant form of Reichert. Descendant of Ricohard meaning "rule, hard".

The son of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

How popular is Richards?

Richards is common in United States, England, Australia, Wales, Jamaica, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Scotland, Liberia, Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Thailand, Nigeria, Barbados, France, Panama, Dominican Republic, United States Virgin Islands, Ireland, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Chile, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Dominica, Germany, Ecuador, India, Argentina, Netherlands, Grenada, Bahamas, Russia, Belize, Brazil, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Venezuela, British Virgin Islands, Zimbabwe, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Guernsey, Bolivia, Cayman Islands, Philippines, Switzerland, Malaysia.

Richards is ranked 1558 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Richards bearers increased by 3.88 per cent in 2010 US census to 130529 since 2000, the surname slipped by 13 spots and ranked at 228. The last name was found in around 4 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.67 81.74
Black 14.86 13.28
Hispanic or Latino 2.81 1.89
Others 1.96 1.62
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.04 0.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0.53
Richards is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is ahead in terms of density. Around 349039 people have been found who wears Richards as their family name. Richards is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Richards:
217 United States166,294
Countries with ten thousands of Richards:
78 England66,435
77 Australia31,317
20 Wales16,284
28 Jamaica15,917
261 Canada15,889
Countries with thousands of Richards:
769 South Africa8,995
131 New Zealand3,552
51 Trinidad and Tobago2,867
596 Scotland1,573
375 Liberia1,533
55 Guyana1,387
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,243
15 Antigua and Barbuda1,081
Countries with hundreds of Richards:
10,941 Thailand872
13,540 Nigeria765
104 Barbados712
13,768 France702
664 Panama652
1,247 Dominican Republic570
10 United States Virgin Islands570
1,185 Ireland549
9 Saint Kitts and Nevis549
1,731 Chile539
10,708 Saudi Arabia437
8,821 Spain421
39 Dominica399
24,397 Germany372
4,484 Ecuador359
75,517 India333
11,038 Argentina328
9,490 Netherlands306
65 Grenada294
245 Bahamas278
47,397 Russia278
297 Belize276
31,835 Brazil242
9,296 Mexico234
1,458 Northern Ireland207
5,004 Venezuela177
35 British Virgin Islands172
13,275 Zimbabwe166
49 Bermuda157
896 Costa Rica154
53 Guernsey147
3,693 Bolivia124
86 Cayman Islands118
81,345 Philippines113
8,769 Switzerland110
15,788 Malaysia103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,557 Denmark73
190 Isle of Man71
26,665 Japan70
408 Saint Lucia69
2,172 Suriname64
11,223 Sweden61
136,522 Indonesia59
7,697 Portugal57
7,636 Botswana55
304 Jersey52
28,627 Belgium51
28 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,331 Kuwait48
4,793 Cuba47
14,618 Norway47
1,606 China45
2,481 Cyprus40
8,266 Lesotho37
344 Sierra Leone36
38 Anguilla34
449 Aruba32
11,125 Colombia30
837 Malta30
25,768 Israel29
11,486 Ghana26
93,058 Italy26
42,091 Papua New Guinea26
908 Guam25
59,466 Greece24
42,756 Belarus22
276 Northern Mariana Islands22
60,490 Uganda22
41,758 Austria21
3,156 Hong Kong21
23,187 United Arab Emirates20
12,771 Estonia19
42 Saint Martin19
24,270 Finland16
3,526 Honduras16
641 South Korea15
67,321 Czechia14
38,706 Kenya14
17 Norfolk Island14
112,031 Poland14
585 Gibraltar13
18,211 Singapore13
4,704 Oman12
61,272 Pakistan12
28,015 Peru12
12,642 Taiwan12
2,447 Iceland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
18,974 Afghanistan10
100 Montserrat9
30,726 Qatar9
9,186 Sri Lanka9
352 Turks and Caicos Islands9
95,036 Kazakhstan8
4,372 Nicaragua8
536 Gambia7
668 Monaco7
708 Cook Islands6
144,247 Turkey6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old workwoman Jane Richards who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 22, 1846 by Grampion put out from Liverpool. John Richards, aged 25, Ship's Carpenter Mary Richards, John Richards, aged 9 months old, James Richards, aged 25, Workman Richard Richards, Pat Richards, aged 50, Mary Richards (27) Spinster, Workman John Richards, and 141 other Richards around 44.87% of whom were workman while others worked as ship's carpenter and miner, farmers, laborers &, mechanics, merchant, farmer, servant, mechanic migrated to US.

From Germany

19 years old farmer And. Richards who was residing in France migrated to USA on September 25, 1852 by Germania put out from Havre. David Richards (19) Farmer, 21 years old Desire Richards, 48 years old L.Mrs. Richards, Doris Richards, aged 22, 25 years old Johannes Richards, Maria Richards, Mariam Richards, aged 50, Gust. Richards, aged 25, 32 years old Theod. Richards, and 41 other Richards majority of whom were laborer and others worked as mason and confectioner, spinster, servant, merchant, clerk migrated to US from Havre, Hamburg and Bremen.

Richards Namesakes

  • Charles Dow Richards, Canadian lawyer, judge and politician
  • Vernon Richards, Anglo-Italian anarchist, editor
  • John Inigo Richards, English landscape painter
  • Sandie Richards, Jamaican track and field athlete
  • George F. Richards, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Alun Richards, Welsh novelist, best
  • Nansi Richards, Welsh harpist
  • Steve Richards, British TV presenter and political columnist,
  • Denis Richards, British historian
  • Alfred Bate Richards, English journalist and author
  • Deleon Richards, American gospel singer
  • Angela Richards, English actress and singer
  • Lorenzo A. Richards, or known as 'Ren' was one of the 20th century’s most influential minds
  • Lee Greene Richards, famous Utah portrait artist
  • Miranda Lee Richards, American singer-songwriter
  • Hoyt Richards, American model and actor
  • Monica Richards, American singer, songwriter, artist and author
  • Brinley Richards, Welsh language poet and author
  • Jacob Richards, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • O'Neil Richards, Jamaican cricket player
  • Homero Richards, Mexican race car driver from Mexico City
  • Robert Hallowell Richards, American mining engineer, metallurgist
  • Matthias Richards, member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Edward Richards, first Black Bermudian to head the government of Bermuda and the first Premier of Bermuda
  • William Westley Richards, British firearms manufacturer and founder of Westley Richards
  • Goff Richards, prominent English brass band arranger and composer
  • Ri Richards, Welsh actress
  • Jeffrey Richards, British historian
  • Collen Edward Melville Richards, officer
  • Richard N. Richards, retired American naval officer and aviator
  • Paul W. Richards, American engineer and a former NASA Astronaut
  • Theodore William Richards, first American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize
  • Dickinson W. Richards, Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr
  • Alfred Newton Richards, American pharmacologist
  • Frederic M. Richards, American biochemist and biophysicist
  • Henry Caselli Richards, Australian professor of geology
  • Audrey Richards, pioneering British social anthropologist
  • Robert D. Richards, Canadian-born space entrepreneur
  • Denise Richards, American actress and former fashion model
  • Cliff Richards, comic book artist
  • David Adams Richards, Canadian writer and member of the Canadian Senate
  • Michael Richards, American actor, writer
  • Keith Richards, English musician and songwriter
  • J. August Richards, American actor
  • Ann Richards, American politician and 45th Governor of Texas
  • I. A. Richards, English educator, literary critic, and rhetorician whose work contributed to the foundations of the New Criticism, a formalist movement in literary theory, which emphasized the close reading of a literary text
  • Bob Richards, American athlete
  • Viv Richards, former Antiguan cricketer
  • Gordon Richards, English jockey
  • Brad Richards, Canadian former professional ice hockey centre
  • George Maxwell Richards, Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician
  • Vincent Richards, American tennis player
  • Ellen Swallow Richards, industrial and safety engineer
  • Stevie Richards, American professional wrestler and podcaster
  • Laura E. Richards, American writer
  • LeGrand Richards, prominent missionary and leader
  • Willard Richards, physician and midwife/nurse trainer and an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to church president Brigham Young
  • Alma Richards, American athlete
  • Alfred Joseph Richards, English recipient of the Victoria Cross

Richards Namesakes

  • Charles Dow Richards, Canadian lawyer, judge and politician
  • Vernon Richards, Anglo-Italian anarchist, editor
  • John Inigo Richards, English landscape painter
  • Sandie Richards, Jamaican track and field athlete
  • George F. Richards, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Alun Richards, Welsh novelist, best
  • Nansi Richards, Welsh harpist
  • Steve Richards, British TV presenter and political columnist,
  • Denis Richards, British historian
  • Alfred Bate Richards, English journalist and author
  • Deleon Richards, American gospel singer
  • Angela Richards, English actress and singer
  • Lorenzo A. Richards, or known as 'Ren' was one of the 20th century’s most influential minds
  • Lee Greene Richards, famous Utah portrait artist
  • Miranda Lee Richards, American singer-songwriter
  • Hoyt Richards, American model and actor
  • Monica Richards, American singer, songwriter, artist and author
  • Brinley Richards, Welsh language poet and author
  • Jacob Richards, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • O'Neil Richards, Jamaican cricket player
  • Homero Richards, Mexican race car driver from Mexico City
  • Robert Hallowell Richards, American mining engineer, metallurgist
  • Matthias Richards, member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Edward Richards, first Black Bermudian to head the government of Bermuda and the first Premier of Bermuda
  • William Westley Richards, British firearms manufacturer and founder of Westley Richards
  • Goff Richards, prominent English brass band arranger and composer
  • Ri Richards, Welsh actress
  • Jeffrey Richards, British historian
  • Collen Edward Melville Richards, officer
  • Richard N. Richards, retired American naval officer and aviator
  • Paul W. Richards, American engineer and a former NASA Astronaut
  • Theodore William Richards, first American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize
  • Dickinson W. Richards, Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr
  • Alfred Newton Richards, American pharmacologist
  • Frederic M. Richards, American biochemist and biophysicist
  • Henry Caselli Richards, Australian professor of geology
  • Audrey Richards, pioneering British social anthropologist
  • Robert D. Richards, Canadian-born space entrepreneur
  • Denise Richards, American actress and former fashion model
  • Cliff Richards, comic book artist
  • David Adams Richards, Canadian writer and member of the Canadian Senate
  • Michael Richards, American actor, writer
  • Keith Richards, English musician and songwriter
  • J. August Richards, American actor
  • Ann Richards, American politician and 45th Governor of Texas
  • I. A. Richards, English educator, literary critic, and rhetorician whose work contributed to the foundations of the New Criticism, a formalist movement in literary theory, which emphasized the close reading of a literary text
  • Bob Richards, American athlete
  • Viv Richards, former Antiguan cricketer
  • Gordon Richards, English jockey
  • Brad Richards, Canadian former professional ice hockey centre
  • George Maxwell Richards, Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician
  • Vincent Richards, American tennis player
  • Ellen Swallow Richards, industrial and safety engineer
  • Stevie Richards, American professional wrestler and podcaster
  • Laura E. Richards, American writer
  • LeGrand Richards, prominent missionary and leader
  • Willard Richards, physician and midwife/nurse trainer and an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to church president Brigham Young
  • Alma Richards, American athlete
  • Alfred Joseph Richards, English recipient of the Victoria Cross

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