How common is the last name Richter?

28,434 people in the United States have the last name Richter, about 1 in 10,512. It ranks #1,216 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RICHTER

#1,216

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
28,434
About
1 in 10,512
This common or more
42%
Who bears it

Of the 28,434 people with the last name Richter, 91.8% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Richter

#1,214 Cramer · 28,465#1,215 Wynn · 28,437#1,217 Camp · 28,427#1,218 Connor · 28,409

Spelled almost the same

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

#20,367 Rister · 1,318#22,332 Righter · 1,182#33,184 Riester · 740#63,879 Richters · 337#111,467 Rictor · 168

Also a first name

As a first name, Richter ranks #46,195 of 53,615, with 145 people. See Richter as a first name

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