# Reaves (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/reaves/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,550 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,344 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,855 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (14,465 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A patronymic form of the occupational name Reeve.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Reaves in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Reaves in the United States.

## People named Reaves

- Austin Reaves, American basketball player (born 1998)
- Michael Reaves, American writer and screenwriter (1950–2023)
- Shawn Reaves, American actor

## Similar surnames

Reeves, Reavis, Revis, Repass, Rivas, Roebuck, Rives, Raposo, Rabago, Rybak, Rapoza, Rybicki.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.