Reis

in the US

There are 10,219 people with the last name "Reis" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Reis 2,724
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  1. is 2,720th most common Bach
  2. is 2,721st most common Hite
  3. is 2,722nd most common Fallon
  4. is 2,723rd most common Slade
  5. is 2,724th most common Reis
  6. is 2,725th most common Beckwith
  7. is 2,726th most common Dorman
  8. is 2,727th most common Araujo
  9. is 2,728th most common Matlock

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Reis

John, Michael, Robert, David, Joseph, Maria, Richard, Thomas, James, Mary



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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