How common is the surname Reeder?

19,155 people in the United States had the surname Reeder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,118 Americans. It ranked 1,874th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Reeder?

Andrew Horatio Reeder, American politician (1807-1864), followed by Scott Reeder.

Where is the surname Reeder most common?

Wikidata records people named Reeder in the United States.

Is the surname Reeder getting more or less common?

More common. 18,768 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,155 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Reeder

A surname, carried by 19,155 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reeder is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,155 people named Reeder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,118 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,768.

#1,874

rank among US surnames

19,155

people in 2010

6.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,750)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,865	Arriaga	19,236	16,050
#1,866	Engle	19,226	16,059
#1,867	Story	19,218	16,065
#1,868	Valentin	19,211	16,071
#1,869	Yost	19,210	16,072
#1,870	Langford	19,208	16,074
#1,871	Herndon	19,183	16,095

Who is named Reeder

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

85% of people named Reeder identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reeders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andrew Horatio Reeder
American politician (1807-1864)
Scott Reeder
American bassist, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reeder

Reeder has the Soundex code R360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R360.

Questions

How common is the surname Reeder?: 19,155 people in the United States had the surname Reeder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,118 Americans. It ranked 1,874th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reeder?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Reeder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Reeder?: Andrew Horatio Reeder, American politician (1807-1864), followed by Scott Reeder.
Where is the surname Reeder most common?: Wikidata records people named Reeder in the United States.
Is the surname Reeder getting more or less common?: More common. 18,768 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,155 in 2010, up 2.1%.