Ricketts is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ricketts
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ricketts

How popular is Ricketts?

Ricketts is common in United States.

Ricketts is ranked 14171 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ricketts bearers increased by 7.721943 per cent in 2010 US census to 12862 since 2000, the surname slipped by 24 spots and ranked at 2801. The last name was found in around 44 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.79 76.35
Black 22.11 18.92
Hispanic or Latino 2.72 1.73
Others 2.27 2.19
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65 0.52
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.28
Ricketts is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 37276 people have been found who wears Ricketts as their family name. Ricketts is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
7,070 Guyana8
6,940 Japan8
13,220 Thailand6
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
325 Anguilla4
2,720 South Korea3
14,054 China3
119,730 Brazil3
6,270 Hong Kong3
35,969 Denmark2
485 Dominica2
10,284 Kuwait2
41,879 Turkey2
993 Guernsey2
15,999 Slovakia2
54,135 Philippines2
91,024 Belgium1
37,493 Austria1
34,581 Chile1
810,193 Indonesia1
846 American Samoa1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
120,357 Argentina1
7,314 Bolivia1
2,190 Barbados1
38,830 Morocco1
24,771 Colombia1
3,993 El Salvador1
2,309 Monaco1
12,270 Lebanon1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
36,814 Romania1
3,071 Jersey1
5,467 Haiti1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
42,479 Greece1
7,292 Vietnam1
573 Vanuatu1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
95,259 Italy45
2,337 Cyprus43
52,947 Netherlands31
9,620 Singapore30
248 Cayman Islands26
28,338 Norway20
272 British Virgin Islands15
699 Bermuda13
270 Turks and Caicos Islands12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,285 Fiji97
3,494 Panama82
11,524 Sweden80
3,129 Northern Ireland60
37,264 Spain60
1,731 Costa Rica55
Countries with hundreds of Ricketts:
1,711 New Zealand440
973 Wales406
6,557 Ghana399
34,330 Germany303
7,190 Peru299
2,934 Scotland223
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Ricketts:
82 Jamaica5,318
1,517 England5,222
5,172 Nigeria4,585
2,764 Canada1,750
2,041 Australia1,550
4,879 South Africa1,333
Countries with ten thousands of Ricketts:
2,767 United States14,518
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

J. Ricketts was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 28, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as agriculturer and took Elizabeth from Bristol. Immigrant George Ricketts, H. Ricketts, aged 13, George Ricketts (21), are other Ricketts that migrated to US from Bristol, Liverpool and London.

Ricketts Namesakes

  • Ed Ricketts, Writer
  • Tom Ricketts, Film actor
  • Ed Ricketts, Writer
  • Ed Ricketts, Writer
  • Ed Ricketts, Writer
  • Ed Ricketts, Writer
  • David Ricketts, Musician
  • Michael Ricketts, Former soccer player
  • Charles Ricketts, Artist
  • Mark Scott Ricketts, Writer
  • Al Ricketts, from 1967 horror flick Akuma no niwa, who played Gas Station Owner.

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