# Reep (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/reep/  
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 | Dutch |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,858 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,529 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 80,027 people |
| Change since 2000 | +17% (3,288 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Reep, an occupational surname for a ropemaker, from reep (“rope”). Compare Roper, Reeb. Also an English metonymic occupational surname for a porter or a basket maker, from Middle English hrip (“basket”), from Old Norse hrip, from Proto-Germanic *hrepaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend”). Also as an English surname, from the verb reap. Compare Ripper.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Reep 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Repp, Reeve, Reeb, Reef, Rubio, Ruff, Rapp, Robb, Rupp, Roby, Ruby, Rife.

## 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.