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    The surname Reason

    A surname, carried by 2,522 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R250

    Reason: #12,328 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Reason #12,328, 2,522 people Reason: #12,328 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Reason #12,328, 2,522 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reason is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,522 people named Reason in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,421 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,305.

    #12,328
    rank among US surnames
    2,522
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,360)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,320Galasso2,524122,324
    #12,323Dendy2,523122,372
    #12,328Reason2,522122,421
    #12,333Crochet2,521122,469

    Who is named Reason

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

    65% of people named Reason identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Reasons

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rhodes Reason
      American actor (1930-2014)
    • Rex Reason
      American actor (1928-2015)
    • Charles L. Reason
      American mathematician (1818-1893)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Reason

    Reason has the Soundex code R250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Reason?
    2,522 people in the United States had the surname Reason in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,421 Americans. It ranked 12,328th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Reason?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Reason identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Reason?
    Rhodes Reason, American actor (1930-2014), followed by Rex Reason.
    Where is the surname Reason most common?
    Wikidata records people named Reason in the United States.
    Is the surname Reason getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,305 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,522 in 2010, up 9.4%.