How common is the last name Richardson?

249,840 people in the United States have the last name Richardson, about 1 in 1,196. It ranks #83 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RICHARDSON

#83

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
249,840
About
1 in 1,196
This common or more
15.4%
Who bears it

Of the 249,840 people with the last name Richardson, 57.5% reported their origin as White, 32.5% as Black and 4.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Richardson

#81 Howard · 253,434#82 Cox · 249,872#84 Chavez · 244,201#85 Brooks · 244,116

Spelled almost the same

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

#236 Richards · 126,138#152,989 Richerdson · 105#156,449 Ricardson · 97

Also a first name

As a first name, Richardson ranks #12,289 of 53,615, with 1,016 people. See Richardson as a first name

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