Reis

in California

There are 1,212 people with the last name "Reis" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Reis 2,292
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  1. is 2,288th most common Huston
  2. is 2,289th most common Wing
  3. is 2,290th most common Cope
  4. is 2,291st most common Johansen
  5. is 2,292nd most common Reis
  6. is 2,293rd most common Stroud
  7. is 2,294th most common Corbin
  8. is 2,295th most common Chand
  9. is 2,296th most common Oseguera

Similar Names and Nicknames

Ruiz, Reese, Reiss, Rees, Reiser, Reisinger, Reisner, Reisman, Reising, Reisch

Most Common First Names for Reis

David, Robert, Richard, John, Joseph, Maria, Manuel, Michael, Ronald, James



Meaning & History

German: from Middle High German rīs ‘undergrowth’, ‘brushwood’; a topographic name for someone who lived in an overgrown area, or a habitational name from Reis or Reissen in Bavaria, named with this word.

German: occupational name for a cobbler, Middle High German riuze. Compare Reuss.

German: variant of Reiss 2, or from the Huguenot name Ris.

Altered spelling of German Ries.

Portuguese and Galician: from a short form of dos Reis ‘(of) the (Three) Kings’, a personal name popularly bestowed on someone born on the feast of the Epiphany, which celebrates the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi. This is a frequent family name in southern Portugal.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a dealer in rice or an ornamental name from German Reis ‘rice’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Reis ‘twig’, ‘branch’.

Turkish: from reis ‘boss’, ‘chief’, ‘head of a business enterprise’. A Greek derivative of this is also found as a surname, in the form Reizis.


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