Reading is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Reading
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Reading

How popular is Reading?

Reading is common in Australia.

Reading is ranked 46077 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Reading bearers increased by 3.757829 per cent in 2010 US census to 2982 since 2000, the surname slipped by 438 spots and ranked at 10715. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.4 91.27
Black 4.46 4.28
Hispanic or Latino 2.82 2.09
Others 2.08 1.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.56
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.54 0.31
Reading is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Gibraltar is ahead in terms of density. Around 10427 people have been found who wears Reading as their family name. Reading is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
705 Gibraltar7
95,557 Czech Republic6
318,252 Ukraine6
13,220 Thailand6
1,014,159 India4
10,542 China4
32,086 Mexico3
16,605 Austria3
3,224 Afghanistan3
65,594 Belgium2
54,641 Sweden2
124,220 Italy2
723,167 Indonesia2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
118,441 Germany2
34,572 Israel2
1,777 Jersey2
19,046 Ireland2
165,773 Belarus1
5,553 Taiwan1
24,771 Colombia1
49,101 Denmark1
2,715 Gabon1
14,373 Jordan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
28,365 Kenya1
4,942 Libya1
12,745 Luxembourg1
17,768 Pakistan1
66,560 Philippines1
24,176 Qatar1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
4,169 Cyprus26
11,685 Singapore24
73,929 Spain21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
5,257 Wales68
Countries with hundreds of Reading:
10,888 Canada361
32,575 South Africa164
5,525 New Zealand137
5,272 Scotland105
Countries with thousands of Reading:
2,044 England3,893
9,514 United States3,863
2,101 Australia1,497
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 26 years old farmers, laborers & mechanics Jeremiah Reading who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on November 9, 1848 by Highland Mary put out from Bristol. Honora Reading, aged 18, Edward Reading, aged 36, Timothy Reading, aged 29, 25 years old Betsey Reading, Workman Thomas Reading, Immigrant Richard Reading, 30 years old Richard Reading, 26 years old Maryann Reading, and 2 other Reading around 58.33% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US from Limerick, Liverpool and London.

Reading Namesakes

  • Bertice Reading, Actress
  • Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, Former Viceroy of India
  • Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, Former Viceroy of India
  • Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading, Marquess of Reading
  • United Kingdom Reading Association, Author
  • Peter Reading, Poet
  • Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, Former Viceroy of India
  • Mario Reading, Author
  • Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, Former Viceroy of India
  • Shay Reading, Copywriter

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