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    The surname Reidy

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 4,193 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R300

    Reidy: #7,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Reidy #7,896, 4,193 people Reidy: #7,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Reidy #7,896, 4,193 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reidy is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Riada (“descendant of Riada”), a personal name perhaps meaning "drover".

    Reidy is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,193 people named Reidy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,634 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,159.

    #7,896
    rank among US surnames
    4,193
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,388)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,888Llanes4,19773,563
    #7,891Strasser4,19673,581
    #7,894Gallimore4,19573,598
    #7,896Brawley4,19373,634
    #7,898Hartsfield4,19273,651
    #7,899Bunton4,19173,669
    #7,900Waldon4,19073,686

    Who is named Reidy

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

    94% of people named Reidy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Reidy

    Reidy has the Soundex code R300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R300.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Reidy come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Riada (“descendant of Riada”), a personal name perhaps meaning "drover".
    How common is the surname Reidy?
    4,193 people in the United States had the surname Reidy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,634 Americans. It ranked 7,896th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Reidy?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Reidy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Reidy?
    Reidy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Reidy getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,193 in 2010, up 0.8%.