How common is the last name Read?

16,452 people in the United States have the last name Read, about 1 in 18,168. It ranks #2,150 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

READ

#2,150

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,452
About
1 in 18,168
This common or more
48.6%
Who bears it

Of the 16,452 people with the last name Read, 87.5% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Read

#2,147 Burroughs · 16,458#2,149 Cagle · 16,454#2,151 Prescott · 16,446#2,152 Keene · 16,443

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Read, most common first.

#75 Reed · 268,584#281 Reid · 109,275#2,772 Redd · 12,666#6,871 Ready · 4,710#14,176 Red · 2,033#19,439 Reade · 1,392#73,555 Reado · 284#121,361 Reaid · 150

Also a first name

As a first name, Read ranks #25,390 of 53,615, with 374 people. See Read as a first name

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