Richer
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: comparative form of rich: more rich
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹɪt͡ʃɚ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Richer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 67K
- USUnited States1 in 132K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 279 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈18,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Canada, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Toponymic surname from a place/dwelling name; likely not closely related here. Bearer count 69.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Richer is read(measured from records)
Richer is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English52%
comparative form of rich: more rich.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French37%
altération de Héricher, du nom germanique Harigari, de hari « armée » et gāri « lance »
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
du nom germanique Richari, de rīc « puissant » et hari « armée »
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Richer 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 77K | — | Richer | 6 |
| FR France | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 16K | 568 | — | 6 |
| CA Canada | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Richer | 166 |
| US United States | 2,513 | 1 in 132K | 2.5K | Richer | 279 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈980 est. | ≈1 in 67K | 657 | Richer | 102 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 43K | — | Richer | 8 |
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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)
Richer 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, Toponymic surname from a place/dwelling name; likely not closely related here. Bearer count 69.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
In German, i.d.R. patronymisch zu einem Rufnamen mit ahd./altsächs. heri 'Heer'; 69 Belege, v.a. in Süddtld. verstreut.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In Breton, rivière, ria
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
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)
- Pierre Richer de Bellevalb. 1558FRFrench botanist (1558-1632)
- Jean Richerb. 1630FRFrench astronomer
- Louis-François Richer Laflècheb. 1818CACanadian missionary (1818–1898)
- Léon Richerb. 1824FRFrench feminist
- Paul Richerb. 1849FRFrench neurologue, draughtsman and sculptor (1849-1933)
- Guy Richerb. 1954CACanadian actor
- Isabel Richerb. 1966CACanadian actress
- Stéphane Richerb. 1966CACanadian ice hockey forward (born June 1966)
- Stéphane Richerb. 1966CACanadian ice hockey defenceman and coach (born April 1966)
- Anie RicherCAperforming artist in Canada
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 36 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.5K | #12,378 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.4K | #11,788 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.3K | #12,976 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 771 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 732 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 674 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 657 | #9,185 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 628 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 618 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 600 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 568 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 529 | — |
Reference works 7
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname 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
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- Where does the name Richer come from?
- Toponymic surname from a place/dwelling name; likely not closely related here. Bearer count 69. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Richer?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹɪt͡ʃɚ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Richer mean?
- In English, comparative form of rich: more rich.
- In which country does Richer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Richer in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled richer.
- How common is the name Richer?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,513 people named Richer in 2010, about 1 in 132 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/richerThe 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, “Richer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.