The Reichard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,799 people carried this name — #8,650 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 77,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,704 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Reichard.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Reichard live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
36 people named Reichard is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Reichard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ernst Heinrich Reichard d. 1764 · arcanist
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Michael Reichard d. 1597 · university teacher
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Franz Reichard d. 1923
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Anna Reichard 1569–1623
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Johann Reichard 1598–1667 · land agent
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Georg Reichard 1600–1646 · teacher
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reichard.
- Rego 5,342 · U.S. census
- Regoli 203 · U.S. census
- Rehm 3,637 · U.S. census
- Rei 374 · U.S. census
- Reibel 450 · U.S. census
- Reich 12,891 · U.S. census
- Reichart 1,070 · U.S. census
- Reichel 2,670 · U.S. census
- Reichenbach 2,463 · U.S. census
- Reichert 10,345 · U.S. census
- Reichhart 126 · U.S. census
- Reichling 499 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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