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The RICH surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 47,477 654 0.018 176
United States (1880 census) 12,643 465 0.025 253
Change since 1880 +34834 -189 -0.007 -77
Other Countries
Australia 1,500 1094 0.009 92
United Kingdom 4,629 1356 0.01 101
Top States for RICH by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 3,661 844 0.011 108
Florida 3,414 533 0.021 214
Texas 2,781 908 0.013 133
New York 2,399 683 0.013 126
North Carolina 2,293 485 0.028 285
Top States for RICH by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Utah 1,055 203 0.047 472
Maine 522 434 0.041 409
Vermont 234 343 0.038 384
Tennessee 1,876 439 0.033 330
Washington DC 172 315 0.030 301

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called RICH live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called RICH represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called RICH in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a RICH by picking someone at random in Utah than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of RICH

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the RICH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the RICH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of RICH in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 769 1.62
Mixed Race 646 1.36
Native American/Alaskan 275 0.58
Asian/Pacific 261 0.55
White (Caucasian) 41,295 86.98
Black/African American 4,230 8.91

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the RICH surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of RICH in historical publications

RICH. JMore probably an abbreviation of Richard, than au epithet implying wealth. A Norman origin has been assigned to this unme, I know not upon what grounds. The extinct peerage family dated from a London mercer of the XV. cent. The Hampshire family, however, are said to have wiitten themselves Le Rich in the XIV. century, aud that form is found in H.R. In Sussex this name has been in some instances corrupted from Ridge.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to RICH

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as RICH.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

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Potential typos for RICH

The following words are slight variants of RICH that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.