How Many People Have the Last Name Read?
people had the surname Read in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 17,301 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+312 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Read (91.1%) are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Read ranks #1,580. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Read grew from 16,736 people in 2000 to 17,048 in 2010 (up 1.9%), and its rank fell from #1,981 to #2,127. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 6.2 to 5.78 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 16,736 | 17,048 |
| Rank | #1,981 | #2,127 |
| Per 100,000 people | 6.2 | 5.78 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Read
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Read: R300
👤 Read as a First Name
Read is a first name too: about 213 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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