The Reda surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,919 people carried this name — #10,907 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 101,000 people counted. That is up 14% from 2,555 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
1,298 people named Reda have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,403 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 164 people named Reda live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Reda live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Reda.
Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
172 people named Reda is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Reda in American newspapers,
1885–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,498 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reda.
- Rech 1,639 · U.S. census
- Recher 253 · U.S. census
- Recht 472 · U.S. census
- Recio 3,442 · U.S. census
- Reck 3,155 · U.S. census
- Record 3,515 · U.S. census
- Redel 418 · U.S. census
- Redelsperger 101 · U.S. census
- Reder 1,366 · U.S. census
- Redin 305 · U.S. census
- Reding 2,574 · U.S. census
- Redinger 2,030 · U.S. census
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