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Reis

in Pennsylvania

There are 435 people with the last name "Reis" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Reis 2,901
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  1. is 2,897th most common Couch
  2. is 2,898th most common Everhart
  3. is 2,899th most common Fredericks
  4. is 2,900th most common Pisano
  5. is 2,901st most common Reis
  6. is 2,902nd most common Schantz
  7. is 2,903rd most common Shull
  8. is 2,904th most common Belcher
  9. is 2,905th most common Gilliam

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Reis

Richard, David, James, Michael, George, Joseph, Mary, Steven, Barbara, Carol

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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