Reis

in Illinois

There are 368 people with the last name "Reis" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Reis 3,011
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  1. is 3,007th most common Hiller
  2. is 3,008th most common Liss
  3. is 3,009th most common Mchenry
  4. is 3,010th most common Parnell
  5. is 3,011th most common Reis
  6. is 3,012th most common Sample
  7. is 3,013th most common Zhu
  8. is 3,014th most common Abarca
  9. is 3,015th most common Betancourt

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Reis

David, John, Robert, Michael, Mary, Richard, Thomas, William, Donald, Elizabeth



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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