The Richer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,513 people carried this name — #12,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 117,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,434 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,777 people named Richer.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 81 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
36 people named Richer live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 print
Richer in American newspapers,
1910–1924.
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 Richer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Richer de Belleval 1558–1632 · botanist -
Jean Richer 1630–1696 · astronomer -
Nicolas Richer d. 1684 · painter
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Christophe Richer 1513–1553 · poet
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Jean Richer 1550–1594 · book printer
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Jean Richer 1567–1627 · book printer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Richer.
- Richardson 259,798 · U.S. census
- Richart 1,305 · U.S. census
- Richarte 275 · U.S. census
- Riche 1,664 · U.S. census
- Richel 289 · U.S. census
- Richen 106 · U.S. census
- Richert 2,910 · U.S. census
- Richmond 37,053 · U.S. census
- Richoux 537 · U.S. census
- Richter 29,880 · U.S. census
- Richy 134 · U.S. census
- Rick 4,591 · U.S. census
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