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The surname Redington

A surname, carried by 1,319 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R352

Redington: #20,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Redington #20,201, 1,319 people Redington: #20,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Redington #20,201, 1,319 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Redington is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Reddington.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,319 people named Redington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,075 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,137.

#20,201
rank among US surnames
1,319
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+16%
change since 2000 (was #21,438)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#20,192Ruppe1,320233,898
#20,201Redington1,319234,075

Who is named Redington

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

90% of people named Redington identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as two or more races and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Two or more races 2.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Redington

Redington has the Soundex code R352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R352.

Questions

Where does the surname Redington come from?
Variant of Reddington.
How common is the surname Redington?
1,319 people in the United States had the surname Redington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,075 Americans. It ranked 20,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Redington?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Redington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Redington getting more or less common?
More common. 1,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,319 in 2010, up 16%.