Last Name REESON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son or Rea. Possible, but not for sure. Also, local, 'of Rasen.' It is likely that the suffix is not '-son,' but the diminutive '-on' or '-in,' as in Mari-in, Rod-in, etc. Possibly it is the diminutive of the once popular Rose, of which the German diminutive was Roschen, the French Rosine, and the later English Rosanne.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 90,252 (2000 US census)
Count 190 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 99.47%, or 189 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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