Reardon Surname

17,543rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Reardon Surname Definition:

= Riordan, q.v.

Reardon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,5881:17,6052,232
Australia4,9071:5,501800
England2,5131:22,1723,097
Canada1,3341:27,6203,667
New Zealand6031:7,5101,283
Wales4991:6,201694
Ireland4191:11,2391,420
South Africa2891:187,46620,414
Scotland971:55,1944,640
Thailand431:1,642,752213,663
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Estonia81:165,22626,217
American Samoa81:6,9701,431
China81:170,915,1968,932
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Norway71:734,61250,907
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Saint Pierre and Miquelon51:1,280241
France51:13,284,544357,392
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Samoa41:48,452659
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Belize11:355,4743,977
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,0471:4,231738
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0421:23,3933,259
Wales2281:6,879443
Scotland341:110,0955,249
Jersey41:12,9712,116
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,3661:9,3591,195

Reardon (56) may also be a first name.

Reardon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Riordan, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) Grandson of Rioghbhardan (royal poet).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

An old Irish surname, variously written O'Rierdon, Reyrdon, Reardon, Rearden, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Reardon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Reardon Come From? nationality or country of origin

Reardon (Arabic: ريردون) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Reardon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 17,543rd most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 230,867 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Reardon are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,321,957th most numerous given name throughout the world. It is borne by 56 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 20,588 people, or 1 in 17,605. In The United States Reardon is most frequent in: Massachusetts, where 15 percent reside, New York, where 8 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 62 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 16 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.

Reardon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Reardon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Reardon last name grew 384 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 241 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 219 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 60 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 285 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Reardon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (98%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Reardon last name are 0.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.11% being registered with the political party.

The amount Reardon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.14% less than the national average, earning 286,776 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 162.23% more than the national average, earning R 623,160 per year; in United States they earn 12.66% more than the national average, earning $48,612 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.21% more than the national average, earning $51,773 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Reardon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Reardon in the Arabic language
ريردونryrdwn-

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