# Ree (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,012 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,665 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 305,085 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (853 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Rea, Ray. * As a Norwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads, from an obsolete Old Norse word meaning "gravelly ridge." * As a Korean surname, variant of Ri, itself a variant of Yi.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ree 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) | 57% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 27% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ree in the United States.

## People named Ree

- Max Rée, art director (1889-1953)

## Similar surnames

Rea, Rey, Reh, Re, Rew, Rhee, Ray, Rowe, Roy, Roe, Rao, Rau.

## 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.