Readings Surname

719,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Readings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Readings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3131:178,01316,129
Canada421:877,27667,671
Venezuela241:1,258,50317,711
Wales81:386,81619,671
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1261:193,45515,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Readings Last Name Facts

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

Readings is found most frequently in England. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Readings? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 719,876th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Readings are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 80 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Readings is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 313 people, or 1 in 178,013. In England Readings is most frequent in: Berkshire, where 21 percent are found, Hertfordshire, where 17 percent are found and Greater London, where 16 percent are found. Besides England this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 10 percent are found and Venezuela, where 6 percent are found.

Readings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Readings has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Readings last name expanded 248 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Readings Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Readings earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 619.04% more than the national average, earning R 1,708,720 per year and in Canada they earn 17.48% more than the national average, earning $58,366 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reading9315,429/
Radings93107/
Redings936/
Reddings88177/
Raddings88126/
Readding8827/
Raidings880/
Reding866,336/
Rading861,042/
Redding8025,265/
Ridings805,746/
Roeding80342/
Radding80310/
Rydings80262/
Reiding80246/
Reeding80123/
Rehding8043/
Raiding8035/
Rasding809/
Rejding803/
Reuding803/
Rauding802/
Rieding802/
Rueding801/
Radiong801/
Radin'g801/
Reddngs800/
Radng771/
Roedding75137/
Riddings7557/
Reddingc753/
Radingue751/
Reddding751/
Reedding750/
Rhydings750/
Riding715,548/
Ryding711,956/
Radeng71237/
Redeng7193/
Radink7143/
Redyng7110/
Rahudding712/
Réding711/
Radinc711/
Ridding67678/
Radaeng67570/
Reudink67186/
Ryhding677/
Ritding674/
Rydding673/
Ridging671/
Reddimg671/
Rouding671/
Redaeng671/
Ragying671/
Reddeng670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Readings
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