# Reid (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/reid/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 111,360 |
| US rank (2010) | 275 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,772 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.1% (104,007 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɹiːd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Read, Reed |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Reid in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 60% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Reid in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, New Zealand and Canada.

## People named Reid

- Tara Reid, American actress (born 1975)
- Thomas Mayne Reid, American writer (1818–1883)
- Harry Reid, American politician (1939–2021)
- Riley Reid, American pornographic film actress (born 1991)
- George Reid, Australian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia and 12th Premier of New South Wales
- Storm Reid, American actress
- Kerry Reid, Australian tennis player
- Wallace Reid, American actor (1891–1923)
- Robert Lewis Reid, American artist (1862-1929)
- Vernon Reid, American fusion and crossover guitarist (born 1958)
- L.A. Reid, American record executive (born 1956)
- Beryl Reid, British actress (1919–1996)

and 51 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Reed, Read, Redd, Reddy, Reedy, Ready, Reidy, Reda, Red, Reade, Ried, Reith.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.