Reis

in Michigan

There are 197 people with the last name "Reis" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Reis 5,137
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  1. is 5,133rd most common Milewski
  2. is 5,134th most common Morrill
  3. is 5,135th most common Overway
  4. is 5,136th most common Przybylski
  5. is 5,137th most common Reis
  6. is 5,138th most common Riopelle
  7. is 5,139th most common Saldana
  8. is 5,140th most common Schreur
  9. is 5,141st most common Steenwyk

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Reis

John, Robert, Mary, David, Michael, William, Amy, Andrew, Daniel, 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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