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The Rich surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 49,481 people carried this name — #696 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,960 people counted. That is up 4% from 47,477 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 329 people named Rich.

32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 32
Haut-Rhin 132
Nord 25
Paris 20
Bas-Rhin 19
Moselle 16
Meurthe-et-Moselle 13
Oise 9
Territoire de Belfort 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

126 people named Rich live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Jura 26
Zurich 20
Aargau 13
Basel-Landschaft 13
Neuchâtel 10
Valais 8
Basel-Stadt 6
Lucerne 5

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 27 people named Rich live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 11
Liège 10
Flemish Brabant 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Rich in American newspapers,
1897–1919.

Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Rich
The Caucasian 1905-04-04
Newspaper page from The Progress carrying the name Rich
The Progress 1897-06-12
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Rich
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-11-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,136,372 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Rich,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jeremiah Rich
    Jeremiah Rich d. 1660
  • Robert Rich d. 1630 · poet
  • Charles Clayton Rich d. 2011 · geologist
  • Richard Rich d. 1469
  • Richard Rich d. 1464
  • Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich d. 1581

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Rich.

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