Reis

in Massachusetts

There are 1,144 people with the last name "Reis" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Reis 598
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  1. is 594th most common Mejia
  2. is 595th most common Curley
  3. is 596th most common Romano
  4. is 597th most common Rocha
  5. is 598th most common Reis
  6. is 599th most common Girard
  7. is 600th most common Mcguire
  8. is 601st most common Meyer
  9. is 602nd most common Melendez

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Reis

Maria, John, Jose, Antonio, Manuel, Joseph, David, Michael, Joao, Mary



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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