Richardson is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Richardson
No. of characters: 10
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Richardson is an adaptation of Ritson. A northern corruption of Richardson.

Richardson is a variation of Rickards. 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.

Variant of Rickards. Descendant of Rickard or Ricard, variant of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

The son of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

Family name Richardson is the form of Rickerson. Descendant of Richere meaning "mighty, army".

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.

How popular is Richardson?

Richardson is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Scotland, Saint Martin, New Zealand, South Africa, Wales, Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, Jamaica, Anguilla, Dominican Republic, France, Northern Ireland, Netherlands, Thailand, Spain, Liberia, Aruba, United States Virgin Islands, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Bermuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, Nigeria, Sweden, Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Grenada, Jersey, Russia, Zimbabwe, India, British Virgin Islands, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Philippines, Belgium, Portugal, Panama, Mexico, Bahrain, Malaysia.

Richardson is ranked 1070 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Richardson bearers increased by 4.11 per cent in 2010 US census to 259798 since 2000, the surname slipped by 6 spots and ranked at 80. The last name was found in around 9 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 59.7 62.25
Black 33.63 32.77
Hispanic or Latino 2.65 1.75
Others 2.44 1.82
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1 1.05
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.48 0.36
Richardson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Saint Martin is ahead in terms of density. Around 499369 people have been found who wears Richardson as their family name. Richardson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Richardson:
77 United States313,599
Countries with ten thousands of Richardson:
49 England87,340
76 Australia31,622
157 Canada22,150
Countries with thousands of Richardson:
156 Scotland5,295
1 Saint Martin4,409
109 New Zealand3,915
1,932 South Africa3,531
133 Wales2,193
418 Ireland2,138
87 Trinidad and Tobago1,933
28 Curaçao1,908
262 Jamaica1,874
1 Anguilla1,429
704 Dominican Republic1,325
8,413 France1,075
360 Northern Ireland1,069
Countries with hundreds of Richardson:
2,771 Netherlands947
10,759 Thailand883
7,670 Spain509
1,005 Liberia501
22 Aruba490
14 United States Virgin Islands483
9,689 Saudi Arabia477
20,706 Germany456
12 Bermuda446
22 Saint Kitts and Nevis432
340 Guyana401
50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines391
205 Bahamas365
28,045 Nigeria305
2,733 Sweden293
47 Antigua and Barbuda287
2,490 Haiti287
68 Grenada279
18 Jersey232
54,766 Russia230
10,481 Zimbabwe219
109,968 India188
33 British Virgin Islands180
42,793 Brazil172
22,979 Argentina149
18,982 Japan144
71,385 Philippines144
13,076 Belgium138
3,983 Portugal132
1,816 Panama124
13,775 Mexico114
2,472 Bahrain103
15,788 Malaysia103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
128 Guernsey81
11,128 Switzerland78
5,585 Kuwait77
7,329 Chile73
11,419 Ghana68
14,123 Peru64
447 Saint Lucia62
4,225 Cuba58
8,784 Ecuador57
267 Isle of Man57
16,202 Israel55
1,387 China54
601 Barbados53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,055 Nicaragua48
11,225 Denmark46
4,757 Guatemala46
126 Gibraltar44
2,481 Solomon Islands43
80,162 Italy42
1,225 Belize40
16,659 Norway40
44,531 Greece36
723 Malta36
7,217 Estonia35
128 Turks and Caicos Islands35
3,004 Hong Kong34
11,607 Botswana33
14,561 Venezuela32
3,506 Cyprus27
2,498 Costa Rica25
22,934 United Arab Emirates24
397 Cayman Islands21
525 South Korea20
5,642 Suriname19
303,310 Indonesia18
101,748 Poland18
60,070 Czechia17
24,270 Finland16
63,542 Papua New Guinea16
16,278 Afghanistan13
30,776 Croatia13
18,211 Singapore13
2,098 Guam12
4,016 Honduras12
85,117 Uganda12
65,346 Belarus11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
5,193 Oman10
13,537 Bangladesh9
18,838 Colombia9
1,883 Fiji9
434 Monaco9
1,431 American Samoa8
95,036 Kazakhstan8
80,919 Austria7
3,798 El Salvador7
84,222 Pakistan7
3,435 Puerto Rico7
55,922 Qatar6
12,102 Sri Lanka6
3,090 Vietnam6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Alex Richardson from Ireland aboard the Independence from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 25 years old when he arrived in USA on May 26, 1846. Eliza Richardson, aged 17, Ellen Richardson, aged 13, Merchant Thomas Richardson, John Richardson (22) Silversmith, Silversmith Robert Richardson, Workman Robert Richardson, 24 years old Ann Richardson, 2 years old Edward Richardson, and 229 other Richardson around 41.94% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and merchant, silversmith, farmer, servant, shoemaker, matron, mechanic, spinster, iron monger, currier migrated to US.

From Germany

Hans Richardson was 19 years old when he migrated to United States on October 28, 1872. He lived in Germany where he worked as laborer and took City Of Washington from Liverpool. S.C. Richardson, aged 21, Advocate R.W. Richardson, 46 years old James Richardson, M.F. Richardson, aged 19, Abraham Richardson (28) Laborer, Doris Richardson, aged 3, Hyman Richardson (9 months old), Lerusa Richardson (5), Myers Richardson (7), Sarah Richardson (27), Dorothea Richardson, aged 28, 3 years old Dorothy Richardson, and 2 other Richardson around 36.84% of whom were farmer while others worked as merchant migrated to US from Hamburg, Bremen & Southampton, London and Amsterdam.

Richardson Namesakes

  • Ralph Richardson, English actor who, along with his contemporaries Peggy Ashcroft
  • Jerome Richardson, American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist
  • William C. Richardson, received a Bachelor of Arts degree
  • Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant based in Shanghai
  • John Wigham Richardson, British shipbuilder on Tyneside during the late 19th and early 20th century
  • Juliet Richardson,
  • Henry Robson Richardson, politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • Colin Richardson, British record producer
  • Emeline Hill Richardson, notable classical archaeologist and Etruscan scholar
  • Shayna Richardson, student skydiver from Joplin, Missouri
  • Elena Carter Richardson, American ballerina and dance instructor
  • Kelly Richardson, Canadian artist working with digital technologies to create hyper-real landscapes
  • Charles Douglas Richardson, was one of the most gifted sculptors working
  • Tracey Richardson, British diver
  • Gerard Richardson, American painter and designer
  • Henry B. Richardson, American archer
  • William Emanuel Richardson, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Jillian Richardson, Canadian athlete
  • Johnson William Richardson, native of Virginia
  • Benjamin Parkyn Richardson, member of the first North-West Legislative Assembly
  • Marion Richardson, British educator and author of books on penmanship and handwriting
  • Alastair Richardson, English former cricketer
  • Robert A. Richardson, Virginia soldier and lawyer
  • Hamilton Richardson, American businessman from Janesville, Wisconsin
  • Boyce Richardson, Canadian journalist, author and filmmaker
  • Ferdinando Richardson, English courtier and musician
  • Mary Curtis Richardson, impressionist painter and known as the "Mary Cassatt of the West"
  • William J. Richardson, American philosopher,
  • Claibe Richardson, American composer
  • George F. Richardson, politician
  • Willis Richardson, African-American playwright
  • Scott Richardson, English first-class cricketer
  • Robert S. Richardson, American astronomer, born in Kokomo, Indiana
  • Katharine Richardson, British mountain climber
  • James T. Richardson, Professor of Sociology and Judicial Studies
  • Billy Richardson, Irish soccer player during the 1940s
  • Arleta Richardson, American religious and children's author
  • Selwyn Richardson, lawyer
  • Darwin Richardson, early convert to the Latter Day Saint movement
  • Lewis Fry Richardson, scientist
  • Owen Willans Richardson, scientist
  • Robert Coleman Richardson, American experimental physicist whose area of research included sub-millikelvin temperature studies of helium-3
  • Archibald Read Richardson, scientist
  • Jane S. Richardson, scientist
  • Miranda Richardson, English actress
  • Tony Richardson, English filmmaker
  • Samuel Richardson, 18th-century English writer and printer
  • Henry Handel Richardson, Australian author
  • Elliot Richardson, member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
  • Ruth Richardson, served as New Zealand's Minister of Finance
  • Bill Richardson, American politician, author
  • Dorothy Richardson, British author and journalist
  • Jo Richardson, British Labour Party politician
  • Henry Hobson Richardson, prominent American architect
  • James D. Richardson, American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district

Richardson Namesakes

  • Ralph Richardson, English actor who, along with his contemporaries Peggy Ashcroft
  • Jerome Richardson, American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist
  • William C. Richardson, received a Bachelor of Arts degree
  • Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant based in Shanghai
  • John Wigham Richardson, British shipbuilder on Tyneside during the late 19th and early 20th century
  • Juliet Richardson,
  • Henry Robson Richardson, politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • Colin Richardson, British record producer
  • Emeline Hill Richardson, notable classical archaeologist and Etruscan scholar
  • Shayna Richardson, student skydiver from Joplin, Missouri
  • Elena Carter Richardson, American ballerina and dance instructor
  • Kelly Richardson, Canadian artist working with digital technologies to create hyper-real landscapes
  • Charles Douglas Richardson, was one of the most gifted sculptors working
  • Tracey Richardson, British diver
  • Gerard Richardson, American painter and designer
  • Henry B. Richardson, American archer
  • William Emanuel Richardson, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Jillian Richardson, Canadian athlete
  • Johnson William Richardson, native of Virginia
  • Benjamin Parkyn Richardson, member of the first North-West Legislative Assembly
  • Marion Richardson, British educator and author of books on penmanship and handwriting
  • Alastair Richardson, English former cricketer
  • Robert A. Richardson, Virginia soldier and lawyer
  • Hamilton Richardson, American businessman from Janesville, Wisconsin
  • Boyce Richardson, Canadian journalist, author and filmmaker
  • Ferdinando Richardson, English courtier and musician
  • Mary Curtis Richardson, impressionist painter and known as the "Mary Cassatt of the West"
  • William J. Richardson, American philosopher,
  • Claibe Richardson, American composer
  • George F. Richardson, politician
  • Willis Richardson, African-American playwright
  • Scott Richardson, English first-class cricketer
  • Robert S. Richardson, American astronomer, born in Kokomo, Indiana
  • Katharine Richardson, British mountain climber
  • James T. Richardson, Professor of Sociology and Judicial Studies
  • Billy Richardson, Irish soccer player during the 1940s
  • Arleta Richardson, American religious and children's author
  • Selwyn Richardson, lawyer
  • Darwin Richardson, early convert to the Latter Day Saint movement
  • Lewis Fry Richardson, scientist
  • Owen Willans Richardson, scientist
  • Robert Coleman Richardson, American experimental physicist whose area of research included sub-millikelvin temperature studies of helium-3
  • Archibald Read Richardson, scientist
  • Jane S. Richardson, scientist
  • Miranda Richardson, English actress
  • Tony Richardson, English filmmaker
  • Samuel Richardson, 18th-century English writer and printer
  • Henry Handel Richardson, Australian author
  • Elliot Richardson, member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
  • Ruth Richardson, served as New Zealand's Minister of Finance
  • Bill Richardson, American politician, author
  • Dorothy Richardson, British author and journalist
  • Jo Richardson, British Labour Party politician
  • Henry Hobson Richardson, prominent American architect
  • James D. Richardson, American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district

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