How common is the last name Richard?

51,000 people in the United States have the last name Richard, about 1 in 5,861. It ranks #650 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RICHARD

#650

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
51,000
About
1 in 5,861
This common or more
34.9%
Who bears it

Of the 51,000 people with the last name Richard, 67% reported their origin as White, 24.1% as Black and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Richard

#648 Gates · 51,298#649 Kirk · 51,067#651 Christian · 50,934#652 Bruce · 50,879

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Richard, most common first.

#236 Richards · 126,138#3,981 Rickard · 8,650#8,871 Ricardo · 3,544#10,621 Ricard · 2,876#11,048 Richert · 2,747#11,534 Riccardi · 2,608#15,984 Rickards · 1,754#19,757 Rikard · 1,365

Also a first name

As a first name, Richard ranks #11 of 53,615, with 1,575,998 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1946, with 58,990 births. See Richard as a first name

Compare