# Redd (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/redd/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,119 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,749 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,534 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (12,479 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Redd in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Redd in the United States.

## People named Redd

- Michael Redd, American basketball player (born 1979)
- Lambert Redd, American long jumper (1908-1986)
- Freddie Redd, American jazz pianist (1928–2021)
- Chris Redd, American actor and comedian
- Vi Redd, American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator (1928–2022)

## Similar surnames

Reed, Reid, Read, Rudd, Reddy, Reedy, Ready, Reidy, Reda, Red, Reade, Ried.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.