About the Reding Surname

Ask a genealogist about Reding and the first name they will mention is Redding. At root, the name means “Clearing”. Without the “d” of Redding, Reding is a simpler written form of the same name. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Reading and Reddin.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Reding with 2,574 bearers, at rank 12,108. 233 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Reding name at birth. Births ran at 29 in 1891–1900 and 17 in 1991–2000.

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