Read is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Read
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Read

How popular is Read?

Read is common in United States.

Read is ranked 6699 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Read bearers increased by 1.864245 per cent in 2010 US census to 17048 since 2000, the surname slipped by 146 spots and ranked at 2127. The last name was found in around 58 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.08 92.13
Hispanic or Latino 3.84 2.91
Black 2.74 2.78
Others 1.33 1.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.41
Read is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 81252 people have been found who wears Read as their family name. Read is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
28,661 Serbia8
6,940 Japan8
10,202 Egypt5
103,755 Czech Republic5
2,871 Iraq4
27,602 Nigeria4
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
5,909 Bangladesh3
7,294 Kuwait3
7,993 Jordan3
24,269 Peru2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
4,164 Vietnam2
3,670 Mozambique2
89,020 Tanzania2
11,736 Lithuania2
28,232 Morocco2
20,186 Kenya2
1,970 Grenada1
49,529 Israel1
34,581 Chile1
50,549 Georgia1
90,903 Moldova1
49,101 Denmark1
4,249 Cambodia1
3,214 Niger1
573 Vanuatu1
12,270 Lebanon1
12,741 Ecuador1
4,942 Libya1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
6,967 Macedonia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
2,024 Mongolia1
15,705 Cameroon1
11,510 Oman1
9,591 Panama1
20,172 Hungary1
14,644 Tunisia1
5,553 Taiwan1
8,371 Syria1
17,236 Ghana1
1,254 Gibraltar1
3,243 Suriname1
5,589 Sudan1
1,879 Belize1
13,447 Uganda1
9,498 Iceland1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
3,952 Yemen1
2,190 Barbados1
53,505 Turkey1
29,774 Venezuela1
11,486 Estonia1
7,314 Bolivia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
24,771 Colombia1
971 Seychelles1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
253 Jersey50
8,316 Portugal46
198,575 Russia46
299 Isle of Man41
37,591 Belgium37
246 Guernsey36
3,075 Cyprus34
8,720 Qatar29
4,647 Thailand21
2,197 China20
3,212 Costa Rica20
4,313 Guyana17
514,808 India14
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,560 Finland97
83,365 Brazil95
11,524 Sweden80
20,378 Zimbabwe78
2,783 Jamaica71
385 New Caledonia69
7,779 Uruguay61
Countries with hundreds of Read:
11,469 Germany874
409 Wales869
18,492 Philippines773
10,269 Algeria625
5,097 Malaysia430
15,141 Argentina358
28,906 France343
14,572 Spain231
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
1,129 Hong Kong225
1,802 Botswana219
4,770 United Arab Emirates206
2,355 Ireland191
6,581 Switzerland180
11,417 Greece172
1,576 Northern Ireland167
8,140 Austria157
20,168 Netherlands133
23,602 Mexico131
2,709 Singapore130
7,291 Norway105
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Read:
315 Australia8,940
927 Canada5,397
1,397 South Africa4,785
421 Dominican Republic3,497
214 New Zealand2,514
4,413 Pakistan1,383
749 Scotland1,103
Countries with ten thousands of Read:
242 England23,839
1,819 United States21,856
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman John Read from Ireland aboard the Espindola from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in USA on June 1, 1846. 23 years old Martha Read, Workman Anthony Read, 28 years old William Read, Thomas Read (52) Workman, 56 years old Margt. Read, John Read (23) Workman, John Read (21) Workman, 30 years old John Read, and 69 other Read around 40% of whom were workman while others worked as tailoress and farmer, servant, servant, spinster migrated to US.

Read Namesakes

  • Aleyn Lyell Reade, Author
  • Almon Heath Read, Former U.S. Representative
  • William Reade, Bishop of Chichester
  • Shanaze Reade, Bicycler
  • David William Lister Read, Author
  • Augusta Read Thomas, Composer
  • Autumn Ready Potter, Actress
  • Autumn Read, Television producer
  • Lori Ayala Read, Costume designer
  • Frederick Read, Musical Artist
  • Tommy Read played crucial role of Humbert Snethersthwaite and Rampersad Spumilal Santagee V. Muckerjee in 1971 comedy film The Men from the Ministry.
  • Penelope Read characterized significant role of Dorothy in 2018 horror movie Mandy the Doll.
  • Haley Read, from 0 horror movie The in Between Place, who played the Reina.

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