Ried
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic surname from place names in -ried; derived from ahd
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 11 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ˈɹid/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ried is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 313K(measured from records)
- JMJamaica≈1 in 54K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 154K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 203 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 54K (inferred from the name graph)
1,064 people, 2010
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Toponymic surname from place names in -ried; derived from ahd. *riod 'Rodung' or ahd. (h)riot 'Schilfrohr, Sumpf, Ried'. Bearer count: 979+44.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Ried counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,064 | 1 in 313K | 1.3K | Ried | 203 |
| IT Italy | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 240K | — | Ried | 2 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 234K | — | Ried | 13 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 416K | 21 | Ried | 46 |
| CA Canada | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 304K | — | Ried | 32 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈52 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Ried | 5 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 154K | — | Ried | 5 |
| SG Singapore | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 230K | — | Ried | 1 |
1,064 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Ried is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from ried 'reed, marsh'; also from Reute
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Dutch, singular past indicative of raden
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Luxembourgish, speech, address, talk
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Western Frisian, council
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Maltese, to want
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Thomas Riedb. 1773DEGerman author and historian
- Heinrich Riedb. 1881ATAustrian architect (1881–1957)
- Elisabeth Riedb. 1915DEGerman actress and voice actress (1915-2001)
- Walter Riedb. 1920DEGerman chemist (1920-2008)
- Marina Riedb. 1921DEGerman actress (1921-1989)
- Georg Riedb. 1959DEGerman television presenter and radio host
- Kris Holden-Riedb. 1973CACanadian actor
- Christian Riedb. 1979DEGerman racecar driver
- Amy Riedb. 1985USAmerican pornographic actress
- Lukas Riedb. 1995ATassociation football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)21 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #19,398 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.1K | #23,768 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1K | #25,582 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 21 | #87,652 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Ried come from?
- Toponymic surname from place names in -ried; derived from ahd. *riod 'Rodung' or ahd. (h)riot 'Schilfrohr, Sumpf, Ried'. Bearer count: 979+44. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Ried?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹid/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Ried mean?
- Recorded meaning: Toponymic surname from place names in -ried; derived from ahd.
- In which country does Ried have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Ried, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ried.
- How common is the name Ried?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,064 people named Ried in 2010, about 1 in 313 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ried”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.