Distribution of the name 'Read'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Read' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Read'
In the UK there are 6,822 phone book entries with the surname Read and approximately 29,709 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Read is the 258. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 66 counties. Most occurrences are in Greater London: 633.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Kent (398), Hampshire (371), Dorset (349), Suffolk (335), Essex (303), East Sussex (242), Hereford and Worcester (229), Surrey (228), as well as Norfolk (227).
The following surnames sound like Read: Reid, Reed, Rudd, Road, Reade, Ruddy, Root, Rodway, Reddy, Ruth, Roddy, Rhead, Rout, Ready, Reidy, Roth, Rodd, Rutt, Routh, Ridd, Ride, Reith, Ryde, Rodda, Rowett, Raitt, Roddie, Rite, Rettie, Reedie.
The distribution of the name 'Read' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Read in the counties
| Greater London - The surname Read is is the 199. most common name - 633 persons |
| Kent - The surname Read is is the 129. most common name - 398 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Read is is the 120. most common name - 371 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Read is is the 65. most common name - 349 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Read is is the 39. most common name - 335 persons |
| Essex - The surname Read is is the 134. most common name - 303 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Read is is the 148. most common name - 242 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Read is is the 189. most common name - 229 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Read is is the 138. most common name - 228 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Read is is the 32. most common name - 227 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Read is the 521. most common name - 225 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Read is the 426. most common name - 218 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Read is the 100. most common name - 198 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Read is the 270. most common name - 180 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Read is the 163. most common name - 163 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Read is the 508. most common name - 163 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Read is the 183. most common name - 154 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Read is the 172. most common name - 143 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Read is the 300. most common name - 124 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Read is the 262. most common name - 116 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Read is the 1171. most common name - 115 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Read is the 204. most common name - 103 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Read is the 237. most common name - 101 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Read is the 409. most common name - 100 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Read is the 493. most common name - 87 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Read is the 458. most common name - 86 persons |
| Devon - The surname Read is the 359. most common name - 80 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Read is the 276. most common name - 77 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Read is the 199. most common name - 77 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Read is the 170. most common name - 73 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Read is is the 181. most common name - 72 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Read is is the 247. most common name - 69 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Read is is the 107. most common name - 67 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Read is is the 420. most common name - 61 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Read is is the 85. most common name - 60 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Read is is the 464. most common name - 52 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Read is is the 640. most common name - 49 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Read is is the 412. most common name - 45 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Read is is the 410. most common name - 39 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Read is is the 452. most common name - 39 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Read is is the 690. most common name - 36 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Read is is the 444. most common name - 35 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Read is is the 1282. most common name - 30 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Read is is the 455. most common name - 27 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Read is is the 1255. most common name - 26 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Read is is the 188. most common name - 23 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Read is is the 1574. most common name - 22 persons |
| Fife - The surname Read is is the 1164. most common name - 19 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Read is is the 216. most common name - 17 persons |
| Central - The surname Read is is the 3747. most common name - 16 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Read is is the 487. most common name - 15 persons |
| Durham - The surname Read is is the 1342. most common name - 14 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Read is is the 1097. most common name - 14 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Read is is the 1736. most common name - 14 persons |
| Powys - The surname Read is is the 284. most common name - 13 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Read is is the 359. most common name - 10 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Read is is the 844. most common name - 9 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Read is is the 393. most common name - 7 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Read is is the 223. most common name - 5 persons |
| Highland - The surname Read is is the 1481. most common name - 4 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Read is is the 678. most common name - 3 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Read is is the 826. most common name - 3 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Read is is the 3475. most common name - 3 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Read is is the 2459. most common name - 2 persons |
| County Down - The surname Read is is the 2768. most common name - 2 persons |
| Avon - The surname Read is is the 1377. most common name - 2 persons |
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