Reis

in Kentucky

There are 226 people with the last name "Reis" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

NameRank
Reis 2,191
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  1. is 2,187th most common Nixon
  2. is 2,188th most common Bryson
  3. is 2,189th most common Dickinson
  4. is 2,190th most common Nunley
  5. is 2,191st most common Reis
  6. is 2,192nd most common Brennan
  7. is 2,193rd most common Cable
  8. is 2,194th most common Disney
  9. is 2,195th most common Emery

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Reis

Michael, Robert, William, Paul, James, Kenneth, Gene, Jason, Jennifer, Joseph



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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