# Rees (surname)

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

A surname from Welsh, an Anglicized form of Rhys.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Welsh |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,754 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,828 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,208 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (12,456 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rees 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rees in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Brazil.

## People named Rees

- Martin Rees, British cosmologist and astrophysicist (1942-)
- Roger Rees, British actor (1944–2015)
- Dee Rees, American film director, screenwriter
- Mina Rees, American mathematician (1902–1997)
- Nathan Rees, Australian politician
- Thomas M. Rees, American politician (1925-2003)
- Fernando Rees, Brazilian racing driver

## Similar surnames

Reese, Reece, Reis, Ries, Reiss, Reuss, Reyes, Resch, Reyez, Resh, Ruiz, Ross.

## 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.