The Rickert surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,483 people carried this name — #6,232 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,111 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Rickert surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Richard’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 645 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 381 people named Rickert live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 172
Buenos Aires Province 113
Santa Fe 47
City of Buenos Aires 16
San Luis 13
La Rioja 10
Río Negro 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

82 people named Rickert live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 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

Zurich 36
St. Gallen 22
Thurgau 7
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 4
Basel-Landschaft 4
Aargau 3
Bern 3
Lucerne 3

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

Rickert in American newspapers,
1920–1928.

Newspaper page from The Nenana Daily News carrying the name Rickert
The Nenana Daily News 1920-11-04
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Rickert
The Washington Times 1924-08-20
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Rickert
The Washington Daily News 1928-10-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,079 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rickert in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1980s.

1,742 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rickert. The most, 538, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 1,457
Victoria 104
New South Wales 81
Western Australia 74
South Australia 15
ACT (Canberra) 6
Tasmania 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rickert.

Who carried it

People named Rickert,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Heinrich Rickert
    Heinrich Rickert 1833–1902 · writer
  • Heinrich Rickert
    Heinrich Rickert 1863–1936 · university teacher
  • Shirley Jean Rickert
    Shirley Jean Rickert 1926–2009 · actor
  • Albert Rickert d. 1916 · navy sailor
  • Thomas A. Rickert 1876–1941
  • Margaret Rickert 1888–1973 · art historian

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rickert,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States917 records

917 records of the Rickert name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 305
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 289
  • Other U.S. records 323
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harvey A. Rickert

    Born 1921 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Cleveland, Ohio; clerk. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Youngstown, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Caroline Rickert

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1880 aboard the Hermann from Bremen, aged 55; farmer. From Minnesota, Prussia, Germany; bound for Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ernest L. Rickert

    Born 1931; from Montgomery County, Ohio. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 917 records for Rickert in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany415 records

415 records of the Rickert name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 412
  • German emigration and citizenship files 2
  • German applications to settle and marry 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Theodor Rickert

    Born 1896; from Weckinghausen, Lippstadt. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 4 January 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Christian Friedrich Rickert

    Emigrated to the United States in 1854.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Thomas Rickert

    Named in an application to settle and marry at Irlach in 1847; journeyman weaver.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Amberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 415 records for Rickert in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia54 records

54 records of the Rickert name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 35
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 11
  • Other Australian records 8
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Hans Rickert

    Farmer of Eganstown, Victoria; died 1885.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Hinrich Rickert

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1895.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Kurt Rickert

    Arrived in Victoria in 1910 aboard the Seydlitz, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 54 records for Rickert in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands39 records

39 records of the Rickert name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 16
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 15
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 8
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ernst Heinrich Rickert

    Died 1848 in Slochteren, aged 50; day labourer.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Karl Rickert

    Married in 1940 in Valkenburg; cook.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johann Ferdinand Rickert

    Married in 1818 in Amsterdam; workman.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 39 records for Rickert in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France11 records

11 records of the Rickert name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Berthe Rickert

    Born 1908 in Strasbourg; died 2000 in Illkirch-Graffenstaden (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Ernest Marie Joseph Rickert

    Born 1932 in Strasbourg; died 1993 in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Xavier Rickert

    Born 1922 in Saint-Ulrich; died 1977 in Altkirch (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Rickert in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Rickert name in Canada
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Other Canadian records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Earl Grey Rickert

    Buried in 1979 at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Harry Ervin Rickert

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Julius Rickert

    Married 1910 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Rickert in Canada.

Counts: Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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