How common is the surname Ree?

1,012 people in the United States had the surname Ree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. It ranked 24,665th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ree?

In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Ree identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Ree?

Max Rée, art director (1889-1953).

Where is the surname Ree most common?

Wikidata records people named Ree in the United States.

Is the surname Ree getting more or less common?

More common. 853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,012 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Ree

A surname, carried by 1,012 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ree is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,012 people named Ree in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 853.

#24,665

rank among US surnames

1,012

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+18.6%

change since 2000 (was #26,807)

Who is named Ree

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

57% of people named Ree identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Asian and Pacific Islander 27%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 2.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rees

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Max Rée
Art director (1889-1953)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ree

Ree has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

Questions

Where does the surname Ree come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Ree?: 1,012 people in the United States had the surname Ree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. It ranked 24,665th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ree?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Ree identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Ree?: Max Rée, art director (1889-1953).
Where is the surname Ree most common?: Wikidata records people named Ree in the United States.
Is the surname Ree getting more or less common?: More common. 853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,012 in 2010, up 19%.