How common is the surname Allred?

18,526 people in the United States had the surname Allred in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,666 Americans. It ranked 1,947th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Allred?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Allred identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Allred?

Gloria Allred, American civil rights lawyer, followed by Colin Allred.

Where is the surname Allred most common?

Wikidata records people named Allred in the United States and Mexico.

Is the surname Allred getting more or less common?

More common. 16,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,526 in 2010, up 9.3%.

The surname Allred

A surname, carried by 18,526 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A463

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Allred is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

Reduced variant of Aldred.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,526 people named Allred in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,666 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,951.

#1,947

rank among US surnames

18,526

people in 2010

6.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,948)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,938	Desai	18,638	16,565
#1,939	Banuelos	18,636	16,567
#1,940	Spangler	18,622	16,580
#1,941	Mondragon	18,620	16,581
#1,942	Fair	18,609	16,591
#1,943	Rizzo	18,605	16,595
#1,944	Sands	18,584	16,614

Who is named Allred

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Allred identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Allreds

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gloria Allred
American civil rights lawyer, born 1941
Colin Allred
American politician and former NFL player (born 1983)
Lance Allred
American basketball player, born 1981
Corbin Allred
American actor, born 1979
Mike Allred
American comic book artist and writer, born 1969

Notable Allreds come mostly from the United States (4) and Mexico (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Allred

Allred has the Soundex code A463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A463.

Questions

Where does the surname Allred come from?: Reduced variant of Aldred.
How common is the surname Allred?: 18,526 people in the United States had the surname Allred in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,666 Americans. It ranked 1,947th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Allred?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Allred identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Allred?: Gloria Allred, American civil rights lawyer, followed by Colin Allred.
Where is the surname Allred most common?: Wikidata records people named Allred in the United States and Mexico.
Is the surname Allred getting more or less common?: More common. 16,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,526 in 2010, up 9.3%.