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    The surname Redmon

    A surname, carried by 8,197 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R355

    Redmon: #4,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Redmon #4,333, 8,197 people Redmon: #4,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Redmon #4,333, 8,197 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Redmon is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,197 people named Redmon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,666 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,843.

    #4,333
    rank among US surnames
    8,197
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #4,189)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,329Settle8,20237,643
    #4,330Spearman8,19937,656
    #4,331Monaco8,19837,661
    #4,333Redmon8,19737,666

    Who is named Redmon

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

    73% of people named Redmon identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Redmons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jessie Redmon Fauset
      American novelist (1882–1961)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Redmon

    Redmon has the Soundex code R355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R355.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Redmon?
    8,197 people in the United States had the surname Redmon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,666 Americans. It ranked 4,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Redmon?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Redmon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Redmon?
    Jessie Redmon Fauset, American novelist (1882–1961).
    Where is the surname Redmon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Redmon in the United States.
    Is the surname Redmon getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,197 in 2010, up 4.5%.