Ricks is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ricks
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

Ricks is a variant of Rix. 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.

See Rick - A common abbreviation of Richard.

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.

Is the variant form of Rick. A common abbreviation of Richard.

Variation of Rex. Possibly from one having played the part of a king in some miracle play. But more likely an abbreviated form of a familiar Christian name thus:- Richard, Rick, Ricks, Recks, Rex. In Hundred Rolls, we have an Adam and a John Rex.

Surname is the variant form of Rix. The son of Rick, a pet form of Richard meaning "rule, hard"; dweller near, or in, the rushes.

Variant form of Rex. Latin for King; the son of Rick, a pet form of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

How popular is Ricks?

Ricks is common in United States, Liberia, England, Germany, Australia, South Africa, Canada.

Ricks is ranked 20392 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ricks bearers increased by 5.91 per cent in 2010 US census to 18506 since 2000, the surname slipped by 63 spots and ranked at 1950. The last name was found in around 6 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 48.17 47.87
White 46.55 48.51
Others 2.51 1.55
Hispanic or Latino 1.99 1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.37 0.27
Ricks is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Liberia is ahead in terms of density. Around 26830 people have been found who wears Ricks as their family name. Ricks is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Ricks:
1,916 United States23,872
Countries with thousands of Ricks:
476 Liberia1,191
Countries with hundreds of Ricks:
10,421 England566
30,611 Germany271
11,994 Australia252
29,195 South Africa178
21,472 Canada165
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
16,585 Papua New Guinea67
9,962 Denmark53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
168,058 Philippines21
32,158 Mexico20
33,464 Israel20
13,849 Scotland18
12,022 Wales17
311,082 Brazil12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
11,581 Ghana9
684,495 India9
55,549 Norway6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Ricks was 43 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 23, 1850. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as immigrant and took Mary Ward from Liverpool. Sarah Ricks, aged 43, Immigrant Caroline Ricks, are other Ricks that migrated to US.

From Germany

Franz Ricks from Hessen aboard the Wild Wave from Havre on April 11, 1857. He is registered to be 7 years old when he arrived in New York. 20 years old Heinrich Ricks, Dorothea Ricks, Gebhard Ricks, Butcher Henrich-A. Ricks, Henry Ricks, Diedrich Ricks (23) Farmer, 13 years old Jacob Ricks, Farmer Joh. Ricks, and 33 other Ricks around 44.44% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer migrated to US from Bremen, Bremen & Southampton and Hamburg & Southampton.

Ricks Namesakes

  • Tijuana Ricks, American actress
  • Christopher Ricks, British literary critic and scholar
  • Mark Ricks, Republican politician from Idaho
  • Mikhael Ricks, former National Football League tight end/wide receiver
  • Melissa Ricks, Filipino-American actress

Ricks Namesakes

  • Tijuana Ricks, American actress
  • Christopher Ricks, British literary critic and scholar
  • Mark Ricks, Republican politician from Idaho
  • Mikhael Ricks, former National Football League tight end/wide receiver
  • Melissa Ricks, Filipino-American actress

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