How common is the surname Redfern?

3,340 people in the United States had the surname Redfern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,439 Americans. It ranked 9,712th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Redfern getting more or less common?

More common. 3,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,340 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Redfern

A surname, carried by 3,340 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R316

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Redfern is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

The suburb is named after surgeon William Redfern (1774–1833).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,340 people named Redfern in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,439 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,278.

#9,712

rank among US surnames

3,340

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,149)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,708	Culler	3,343	92,356
#9,709	Mahmoud	3,342	92,383
#9,710	Gigliotti	3,341	92,411
#9,712	Hallam	3,340	92,439
#9,716	Haskin	3,339	92,466
#9,720	Mandell	3,337	92,522

Who is named Redfern

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

80% of people named Redfern identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Redfern

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

Questions

Where does the surname Redfern come from?: The suburb is named after surgeon William Redfern (1774–1833).
How common is the surname Redfern?: 3,340 people in the United States had the surname Redfern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,439 Americans. It ranked 9,712th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Redfern?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Redfern identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Redfern getting more or less common?: More common. 3,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,340 in 2010, up 1.9%.