Last Name RICH

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Meaning The son of Richard, nicked occasiaonally into Rich, whence with patronymic 's' Riches. The same applies to Ricks, Rix, and Rixon. Neverthekess Rich is also a nickname, denoting a man of fortune. Riches in this case has no connection, being strictly of the baptisimal class.
Wealthy, opulent; anciently, great, noble, powerful.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Slovakian, Croatian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank 654 (2000 US census) 611 (1990 US census)
Count 47,477 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 86.98%, or 41295 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 8.91%, or 4230 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.55%, or 261 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.58%, or 275 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.36%, or 646 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.62%, or 769 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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