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Reis

in South Carolina

There are 52 people with the last name "Reis" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Reis 6,515
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  1. is 6,511th most common Penley
  2. is 6,512th most common Polatty
  3. is 6,513th most common Rapley
  4. is 6,514th most common Reimer
  5. is 6,515th most common Reis
  6. is 6,516th most common Rhue
  7. is 6,517th most common Riner
  8. is 6,518th most common Sanborn
  9. is 6,519th most common Seawell

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Reis

Erik, Jason, Joanie, Christy, Franklin, Joy, Robert, Sharon, Stuart, Adrian

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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