Richards (surname)

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Richards is a Celtic Welsh, or Cornish surname based on the English version of the parent's name ending in -S. [1] [2] In 1881 people with this surname were mainly located in Wales, Cornwall and adjacent South-West counties of England. [3] By 1998 many Welsh and Cornish people had migrated to cities in England particularly those adjacent to these areas. [4] The name is derived from the Germanic ric ("power") and hard ("brave"/"hardy"). [5] [6]

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  1. ↑ "Great Britain Family Names profiling website (redirected from National Trust surname profiler site)". The Economic and Social Research Council. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Richards Surname Meaning and Geographic Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2014
  3. ↑ "Great Britain Family Names profiling website (redirected from National Trust surname profiler site)". Richards 1881 map. The Economic and Social Research Council. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Great Britain Family Names profiling website (redirected from National Trust surname profiler site)". Richards 1998 map. The Economic and Social Research Council. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "Origin of the name Richard". behindthename.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  6. ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 381. ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1 . Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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