Reis

in Rhode Island

There are 269 people with the last name "Reis" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Reis 393
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  1. is 389th most common Porter
  2. is 390th most common Coelho
  3. is 391st most common Durand
  4. is 392nd most common Proulx
  5. is 393rd most common Reis
  6. is 394th most common Flanagan
  7. is 395th most common Coutu
  8. is 396th most common Ventura
  9. is 397th most common Laliberte

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Reis

John, Jose, Maria, Thomas, Michael, Anthony, David, George, Joseph



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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