as a Last Name
- 235,811
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Richardson
Meaning & Origins
English: patronymic from the personal name Richard. This has undoubtedly also assimilated like-sounding cognates from other languages, such as Swedish Richardsson.
| 73rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 235,811
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Richardson per capita
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