# Redding (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/redding/  
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) | 15,767 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,317 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,582 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (15,264 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Heterographic variant of Reading.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Redding 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Redding in the United States.

## People named Redding

- Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter (1941–1967)
- Reggie Redding, American basketball player and coach (born 1988)
- Jessica Jaymes, American pornographic actress (1979–2019)

## Similar surnames

Reading, Reding, Riding, Ridings, Redinger, Reddington, Redington, Rittenhouse, Rademacher, Rudnick, Radomski, Ridinger.

## 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.