Richey is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Richey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Richey

How popular is Richey?

Richey is common in United States.

Richey is ranked 22053 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Richey bearers increased by 1.927577 per cent in 2010 US census to 18296 since 2000, the surname slipped by 138 spots and ranked at 1977. The last name was found in around 62 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.7 89.19
Black 7.89 7.44
Hispanic or Latino 2.45 1.48
Others 1.9 1.08
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.63 0.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.43 0.32
Richey is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 23408 people have been found who wears Richey as their family name. Richey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
112,145 Spain7
13,220 Thailand6
318,252 Ukraine6
46,707 New Zealand5
2,113 Taiwan3
184,212 France3
65,594 Belgium2
1,500,361 India2
54,135 Philippines2
4,104 South Korea2
20,595 China2
49,101 Denmark1
34,581 Chile1
118,015 Netherlands1
174,544 Czech Republic1
7,191 Afghanistan1
7,198 Maldives1
40,340 Malaysia1
2,196 Liberia1
47,891 Norway1
77,122 Sweden1
28,365 Kenya1
29,046 Japan1
18,969 Wales1
49,529 Israel1
16,640 Hong Kong1
15,162 Costa Rica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,387 Ireland22
353,279 Russia19
64,976 Belarus13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,129 Northern Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Richey:
3,873 Guatemala246
43,536 Germany235
16,224 Canada227
13,592 Australia201
25,613 England188
21,011 Mexico157
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with ten thousands of Richey:
1,816 United States21,874
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old workman Thomas Richey who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on March 13, 1846 by Liverpool put out from Liverpool. Workwoman Eliza Richey, 30 years old David Richey, 9 years old Rachael Richey, Coachmaker Frank Richey, Workman Patk. Richey, Martha Richey (30) , 20 years old Bridget Richey, David Richey, aged 24, and 10 other Richey around 72.73% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Richey Namesakes

  • Kelly Richey, Guitarist
  • Dan Richey, Polit.
  • John Richey, Musical Artist
  • Cristine Richey, Film director
  • Greyson Richey, Actor
  • Nancy Richey, Tennis player
  • Helen Richey, Aviator
  • Helen Richey, Dancer
  • Ish Richey, Author
  • Kim Richey, Singer-songwriter
  • Clark Richey, from 2016 drama film The Peacemakers: A Western, who characterized Reuben Gates.

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