Ried Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Channel Islands 3
Cheshire 1
Cumberland 4
Devon 14
Durham 8
Essex 9
Gloucestershire 15
Hertfordshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Isle of Man 5
Kent 2
Lancashire 16
London 54
Monmouthshire 1
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 8
Somerset 4
Sussex 14
Yorkshire 7
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Surrey 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Ried Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ried family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 9
Female Servant 8
Carpenter 4
Labourer 2
Milliner 2
Pauper 2
Rope Maker 2
Traveller 2
Paper Langer 1
Paper Manager 1
Carder 1
Shoe Maker 1
Stone Mason 1
Apprentice 1
Smith 1
Game Keeper 1
Sawyer 1
Smith Apprentice 1
Tailor 1
Army Halfpey 1
Charwoman 1
Fisherman 1
Male Servant 1
Banker 1
Book Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ried

Name Census Frequency
Mary Ried 97
William Ried 94
John Ried 82
Elizabeth Ried 67
James Ried 57
Thomas Ried 48
Sarah Ried 46
George Ried 40
Ann Ried 30
Robert Ried 27
Jane Ried 26
Eliza Ried 24
Alice Ried 23
Ellen Ried 23
Charles Ried 22
Henry Ried 21
Emily Ried 17
Annie Ried 16
Emma Ried 16
Frederick Ried 16
Margaret Ried 16
Catherine Ried 15
Martha Ried 14
Joseph Ried 13
Richard Ried 13

Ried Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Reed 75% 171,108
2 Read 50% 149,995
3 Reid 50% 45,698
4 Ord 25% 11,990
5 Reade 40% 6,536
6 Rood 50% 3,489
7 Road 50% 2,872
8 Aird 50% 2,306
9 Ride 50% 2,240
10 Red 75% 1,852
11 Ried 100% 1,303
12 Raid 50% 1,290
13 Rud 50% 928
14 Reede 60% 874
15 Rod 50% 681
16 Roud 50% 625
17 Rade 25% 523
18 Orde 25% 455
19 Rode 25% 370
20 Rude 25% 288
21 Raud 50% 255
22 Rid 75% 254
23 Ard 25% 222
24 Rad 50% 168
25 Rodie 40% 123
26 Ruda 25% 120
27 Wrede 40% 103

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The surname Ried is the 11th most popular variant of Reed.

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