The Redd surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,119 people carried this name — #2,749 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 12,479 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 32 people named Redd 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 32

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Redd in American newspapers,
1892–1907.

Newspaper page from The Columbia Herald carrying the name Redd
The Columbia Herald 1892-07-26
Newspaper page from Franklin's Paper The Statesman carrying the name Redd
Franklin's Paper The Statesman 1907-04-26
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Redd
The Salt Lake Herald 1906-03-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 56,818 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Redd in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

1,887 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Redd. The most, 589, date from the 1900s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 572
Victoria 424
Queensland 395
South Australia 281
Western Australia 136
Tasmania 70
ACT (Canberra) 6
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Redd.

Who carried it

People named Redd,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charlie Redd
    Charlie Redd 1889–1975 · politician
  • Wilmot Redd 1601–1692
  • Ann Moriah Redd 1830–1908
  • Lemuel Hardison Redd 1836–1910
  • Catharine Surget Shields 1839–1923
  • Henry Redd 1895–1960 · basketball coach

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Redd,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States661 records

661 records of the Redd name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 407
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 180
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 48
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Carl M. Redd

    Born 1916 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; cook from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Billy J. Redd

    Born 1932; from Galveston County, Texas. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Kate S. Redd

    Arrived at New York in 1879 aboard the Abyssinia from Liverpool, aged 39; matron.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 661 records for Redd in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Redd name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Marjorie May Redd

    Gentlewoman of Toorak, Victoria; died 1988.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Edward Redd

    Arrived in Victoria in 1923 aboard the Hobsons Bay, aged 20.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Sharon Redd

    Fashion consultant of Albert Park, Victoria; died 1999.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Redd in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Redd name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record S. Redd

    Bedfordshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Redd

    Seaforth Highlanders. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Redd name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Leon Redd

    Buried in 1993 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 66.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Redd name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Robert William Redd

    Born 1942 in the United States; died 1999 in Châtel-sur-Moselle (Vosges).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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