Richey

loc · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Richey is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): N England; Essex. see Ritchie .

rarermore common
  • GHGhana≈1 in 3.1Kas Rich(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 4.7Kas Leach
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 4.9Kas Rich

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Richey itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈290,000 named Rich, est.

#954 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
518 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Ghana, est., as Rich

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RicheyLatin(measured from records)
리치Hangul(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Rich in NZ New Zealand, GH Ghana, CN China and Leach in GB United Kingdom.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): N England; Essex. see Ritchie .

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Richey 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.

Where Richey is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈290,000 est.≈1 in 4.8K—Rich24
US United States#28349,481as Rich1 in 6.7K49KRichey518
GB United Kingdom#246≈14,000 est.≈1 in 4.7K500Leach257
BR Brazil—10,225as Ricci1 in 21K10K—2
GH Ghana#217≈9,400 est.≈1 in 3.1K—Rich43
NZ New Zealand#253≈1,000 est.≈1 in 4.9K10Rich81
UY Uruguay—898as Ricci1 in 3.8K898——

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); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Richey is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Richéy

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Richéy

  • Croatian surname49 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Ritchie, Ричи, Ricci, Ритчи, Richie

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Michael Richey, b. 1678Matthew Henry Richey, b. 1828Alexander George Richey, b. 1830Tammy Wynette, b. 1942Nancy Richey, b. 1942Kim Richey, b. 1956Kelly Richey, b. 1962Kyla Richey, b. 1989Spencer Richey, b. 1992Rachele Richey, b. 1994

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Richey
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201018K#1,977
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200018K#1,839
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202018K#1,986
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)2002157#24,897
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Richey mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): N England; Essex. see Ritchie . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
In which country does Richey have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 288 thousand people named Rich in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Richey?
In the United States, the national register counted 49,481 people named Rich in 2010, about 1 in 6.7 thousand residents.
How common is Richey compared with other names?
In Ghana, Richey is the 217th most common surname of 36,883 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Richey” — the 217th most common surname in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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