Richmond Family History
Richmond Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places so
named, in northern France as well as in England. These are named with
the Old French elements riche ‘rich’, ‘splendid’ + mont
‘hill’. Richmond in North Yorkshire was named after a Richmont in
France immediately after the Norman Conquest, and in many if not most
cases the English surname can de derived from this place. Richmond in
southwest London received this name only in the reign of Henry VII, in
honor of the king, who had been Earl of Richmond until he came to the
throne, and is unlikely to be the source of this surname.
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Name Distribution of Richmond Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Richmond families
 247 - 491  83 - 246 |
 1 - 82  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Richmond families
|
667 - 1,332 223 - 666 |
1 - 222 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Richmond families
|
338 - 673 113 - 337 |
1 - 112 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Richmond Family Origin
Richmond Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Richmond
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Richmond Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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