Last Name REESE

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Meaning The son of Rhys. Other variants and derivations are Rice, Price, Preece, etc.
Pushing, violent; a strong or powerful man. 'Riese,' in German, signifies a giant. Welsh, 'Rhys,' a rushing. 'Rees,' a town of Germany, on the Rhine.
Origin Welsh, Cornish British, Jewish, Dutch, Native American, Irish, Austrian, Belgian

Rank 405 (2000 US census) 372 (1990 US census)
Count 71,754 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 68.17%, or 48915 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 27.73%, or 19897 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.35%, or 251 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.59%, or 423 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.49%, or 1069 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.66%, or 1191 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
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Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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