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Reis

in North Carolina

There are 119 people with the last name "Reis" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Reis 6,084
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  1. is 6,080th most common Phillip
  2. is 6,081st most common Polanco
  3. is 6,082nd most common Poling
  4. is 6,083rd most common Pomeroy
  5. is 6,084th most common Reis
  6. is 6,085th most common Romine
  7. is 6,086th most common Saxton
  8. is 6,087th most common Shanahan
  9. is 6,088th most common Shoemake

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Reis

Robert, Terry, Barbara, James, Marie, Nancy, Amanda, Ashley, Drew, George

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.

Recent Searches for "Reis" in North Carolina

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