Popularity of the last name by country

Spain

• Granada (81)
• Toledo (78)
• Madrid (36)
• Málaga (19)
• Vizcaya (19)
• Barcelona (18)
• Sevilla (7)
• Alicante (4)
• Cádiz (4)
• Guadalajara (3)
• Santa Cruz de Tenerife (3)
• Valencia (3)
• Ávila (2)
• Murcia (2)
• Asturias (1)
• Islas Baleares (1)
• Burgos (1)
• La Coruña (1)
• Salamanca (1)
• Valladolid (1)

All countries

• United Kingdom (589,037)
• United States (307,956)
• Australia (24,045)
• Ireland (18,062)
• New Zealand (16,711)
• Canada (12,332)
• France (7,568)
• Unknown country (6,437)
• Netherlands (4,143)
• Germany (961)
• Belgium (788)
• Switzerland (674)
• Italy (660)
• Mexico (585)
• India (461)
• Sweden (416)
• Colombia (356)
• Spain (350)
• South Africa (343)
• Guadeloupe (263)
• Collectivity of Saint Martin (262)
• Greece (248)
• Sint Maarten (248)
• Denmark (221)
• Samoa (215)
• Norway (183)
• Anguilla (180)
• Indonesia (169)
• Portugal (148)
• Jamaica (135)
• China (132)
• Lebanon (124)
• Russian Federation (121)
• Turkey (120)
• Poland (116)
• Réunion (107)
• Peru (105)
• Austria (104)
• Egypt (103)
• Brazil (98)

Origine of last name

RICHARDSON : 1: English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Richard">Richard</a> + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Ritson">Ritson</a>.2: Americanized form (and a Swedish variant) of Swedish Richardsson or Rikardsson: patronymic from the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Richard">Richard</a> Rikard.3: Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Richardsen or Norwegian Rikardsen cognates of 2 above.