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Richardson Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the personal name Richard. This has
undoubtedly also assimilated like-sounding cognates from other
languages, such as Swedish Richardsson.
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Name Distribution of Richardson Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Richardson families
 1,049 - 2,096  350 - 1,048 |
 1 - 349  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Richardson families
|
4,489 - 8,975 1,497 - 4,488 |
1 - 1,496 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Richardson families
|
464 - 925 155 - 463 |
1 - 154 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Richardson Family Origin
Richardson Immigration Information
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Richardson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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