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The surname Alred

A surname, carried by 1,164 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A463

Alred: #22,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alred #22,183, 1,164 people Alred: #22,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alred #22,183, 1,164 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alred is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

Reduced variant of Aldred.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,164 people named Alred in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,154.

#22,183
rank among US surnames
1,164
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+0.9%
change since 2000 (was #21,192)

Who is named Alred

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

87% of people named Alred identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

  • White (not Hispanic) 87%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
  • Two or more races 1.7%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alred

Alred 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 Alred come from?
Reduced variant of Aldred.
How common is the surname Alred?
1,164 people in the United States had the surname Alred in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. It ranked 22,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alred?
In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Alred identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Alred getting more or less common?
More common. 1,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,164 in 2010, up 0.9%.