Popularity of the last name by country

Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro (28)
• Santa Catarina (27)
• Para (6)
• Piaui (5)
• Rio Grande do Sul (5)
• Pernambuco (4)
• Sao Paulo (2)
• Acre (1)
• Bahia (1)
• Espirito Santo (1)
• Maranhao (1)
• Minas Gerais (1)

All countries

• France (3,576,851)
• Canada (149,088)
• United States (68,030)
• United Kingdom (67,711)
• Belgium (41,466)
• Switzerland (32,630)
• Germany (10,902)
• Netherlands (9,331)
• Algeria (7,332)
• Italy (5,837)
• Réunion (4,111)
• New Zealand (3,953)
• Australia (3,495)
• Unknown country (2,518)
• Sweden (1,966)
• Ireland (1,913)
• Austria (1,777)
• Luxembourg (1,736)
• Denmark (1,548)
• Martinique (1,530)
• Spain (1,338)
• New Caledonia (1,100)
• Guadeloupe (1,070)
• Hungary (915)
• St. Pierre and Miquelon (881)
• Mexico (590)
• Morocco (576)
• Viet Nam (471)
• Tunisia (468)
• Finland (435)
• Norway (368)
• Argentina (351)
• Madagascar (305)
• Haiti (254)
• French Guiana (237)
• Turkey (237)
• Czech republic (236)
• Russian Federation (231)
• Mauritius (223)
• Latvia (198)

Origine of last name

RICHARD : English French West Indian (mainly Haiti) German and Dutch: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements rīc ‘power(ful)’ + hard ‘hardy brave strong’. The Middle English forms were Richard and Rikard respectively Parisian Old French and Old Picard pronunciations of the ancient Germanic name. Middle English Rikard gives rise to the pet form <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Rick">Rick</a> whilst Richard has given the pet forms <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Richie">Richie</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Rich">Rich</a>. Both produced rhyming pet forms <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Dick">Dick</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hick">Hick</a> for Rikard and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hitch">Hitch</a> for Richard.