Last Name READE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: The red, a sobriquet given on account of the ruddy face or the sanguine red complexion of the hair. Similar to surnames Black, White, Russell, Blunt, etc. Reid is a Scottish and North ENglish variant.
Origin English, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank 18,120 (2000 US census) 17,593 (1990 US census)
Count 1,418 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 88.29%, or 1252 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.53%, or 50 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.35%, or 5 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.42%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.27%, or 18 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 6.14%, or 87 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...


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