Last Name RICHES

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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.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 24,598 (2000 US census) 37,040 (1990 US census)
Count 952 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.59%, or 910 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.95%, or 9 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.05%, or 10 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.68%, or 16 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

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English surnames

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Shortest baby names

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