Reis

in Iowa

There are 245 people with the last name "Reis" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Reis 1,283
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  1. is 1,279th most common Boots
  2. is 1,280th most common Mooney
  3. is 1,281st most common Nemmers
  4. is 1,282nd most common Ohrt
  5. is 1,283rd most common Reis
  6. is 1,284th most common Ripperger
  7. is 1,285th most common Schreiber
  8. is 1,286th most common Sickels
  9. is 1,287th most common Vangorp

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Reis

John, Mark, Thomas, Daniel, David, James, Jason, Angela, Brian, Carol



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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