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Reis

in New Jersey

There are 457 people with the last name "Reis" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Reis 1,635
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  1. is 1,631st most common Herrmann
  2. is 1,632nd most common Whitney
  3. is 1,633rd most common William
  4. is 1,634th most common Mena
  5. is 1,635th most common Reis
  6. is 1,636th most common Somers
  7. is 1,637th most common Mohamed
  8. is 1,638th most common Brock
  9. is 1,639th most common Forrest

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Reis

Maria, Jose, Antonio, Joseph, Michael, Robert, Anthony, David, Carlos, Edmundo

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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