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The surname Redfearn

A surname, carried by 1,892 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R316

Redfearn: #15,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Redfearn #15,477, 1,892 people Redfearn: #15,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Redfearn #15,477, 1,892 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Redfearn is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,892 people named Redfearn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,185 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,721.

#15,477
rank among US surnames
1,892
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+9.9%
change since 2000 (was #15,590)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,471Castner1,893163,099
#15,477Parga1,892163,185
#15,483Gridley1,891163,271

Who is named Redfearn

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

69% of people named Redfearn identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 69%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Redfearn

Redfearn has the Soundex code R316, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R316.

Questions

How common is the surname Redfearn?
1,892 people in the United States had the surname Redfearn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,185 Americans. It ranked 15,477th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Redfearn?
In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Redfearn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Redfearn getting more or less common?
More common. 1,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,892 in 2010, up 9.9%.