How common is the surname Redd?

13,119 people in the United States had the surname Redd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,534 Americans. It ranked 2,749th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Redd?

Michael Redd, American basketball player (born 1979), followed by Lambert Redd.

Where is the surname Redd most common?

Wikidata records people named Redd in the United States.

Is the surname Redd getting more or less common?

More common. 12,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,119 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Redd

A surname, carried by 13,119 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Redd is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,119 people named Redd in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,534 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,479.

#2,749

rank among US surnames

13,119

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,740	Chun	13,141	23,495
#2,741	Markham	13,137	23,502
#2,742	Zeigler	13,135	23,506
#2,743	Leavitt	13,133	23,509
#2,745	Ely	13,130	23,515
#2,746	Martino	13,128	23,518
#2,747	Lance	13,122	23,529

Who is named Redd

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

51% of people named Redd identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Redds

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1985
Vi Redd
American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator (1928–2022)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Redd

Redd has the Soundex code R300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R300.

Questions

How common is the surname Redd?: 13,119 people in the United States had the surname Redd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,534 Americans. It ranked 2,749th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Redd?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Redd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Redd?: Michael Redd, American basketball player (born 1979), followed by Lambert Redd.
Where is the surname Redd most common?: Wikidata records people named Redd in the United States.
Is the surname Redd getting more or less common?: More common. 12,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,119 in 2010, up 5.1%.