Richardt
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Richard (germ
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɹɪkɑɹt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Richardt is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 35K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 894K
- DKDenmark1 in 18K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 144 (measured from records)
- 1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Richard (germ. *rīc- 'mächtig, reich' + *hard- 'hart, stark'); 989 Belege.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Richardt counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 35K | listed | Richardt | 94 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 91K | — | Richardt | 1 |
| BR Brazil | ≈490 est. | ≈1 in 437K | 82 | — | 3 |
| US United States | 372 | 1 in 894K | 452 | Richardt | 144 |
| DK Denmark | 322 | 1 in 18K | 322 | — | 2 |
| SG Singapore | ≈43 est. | ≈1 in 145K | — | Richardt | 1 |
| UY Uruguay | 17 | 1 in 199K | 17 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the dfa-band-6 register; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Richardt is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, patronymisch zu Rufname Richard (germ. ric-hard 'mächtig, kühn'); 1037 Träger
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Richard; 974 Belege für Richardt, 63 für Richhardt.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Richard; Beleg: 3.175 Namensträger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Franciscus Josephus Ferdinandus Richardtb. 1764NLDutch politician
- Carl Richardtb. 1816DKDanish artist (1816-1887)
- Ferdinand Richardtb. 1819DKDanish-American artist (1819-1895)
- Christian Richardtb. 1831DKDanish writer (1831–1892)
- Gerd Richardtb. 1953DEGerman author
- Mike Richardtb. 1958USAmerican baseball player
- Marcus Richardtb. 1974DEGerman film director and writer
- Mario D. Richardtb. 1976DEGerman television presenter
- Patrick Richardtb. 1989DEGerman singer and musician
- Sina Richardtb. 1993DEGerman actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 452 | #50,074 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 416 | #47,838 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 391 | #21,148 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 372 | #55,255 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 322 | #1,431 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 17 | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Richardt have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Richardt in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled richardt.
- Where is Richardt most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Richardt is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 18 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How do you pronounce Richardt?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɪkɑɹt/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Richardt mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Richard (germ.
- How common is the name Richardt?
- In the United States, the national register counted 372 people named Richardt in 2010, about 1 in 894 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/richardtThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Richardt”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.