How common is the surname Rees?

12,754 people in the United States had the surname Rees in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,208 Americans. It ranked 2,828th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rees?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rees identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rees?

Martin Rees, British cosmologist and astrophysicist (1942-), followed by Roger Rees.

Where is the surname Rees most common?

Wikidata records people named Rees in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Rees getting more or less common?

More common. 12,456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,754 in 2010, up 2.4%.

Is Rees also a first name?

Yes. Rees is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rees

A Welsh surname, carried by 12,754 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rees is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

A surname from Welsh, an Anglicized form of Rhys.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,754 people named Rees in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,208 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,456.

#2,828

rank among US surnames

12,754

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,669)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,819	Gaffney	12,805	24,111
#2,820	Babb	12,794	24,132
#2,821	Denney	12,792	24,136
#2,822	Schofield	12,790	24,140
#2,823	Jauregui	12,783	24,153
#2,824	Main	12,776	24,166
#2,825	Tavares	12,766	24,185

Who is named Rees

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

94% of people named Rees identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reess

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Martin Rees
British cosmologist and astrophysicist (1942-)
Roger Rees
British actor (1944–2015)
Dee Rees
American film director, screenwriter, born 1976
Mina Rees
American mathematician (1902–1997)
Nathan Rees
Australian politician, born 1968
Thomas M. Rees
American politician (1925-2003)
Fernando Rees
Brazilian racing driver, born 1985

Notable Reess come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rees

Rees has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rees come from?: Rees is Welsh in origin.
How common is the surname Rees?: 12,754 people in the United States had the surname Rees in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,208 Americans. It ranked 2,828th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rees?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rees identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rees?: Martin Rees, British cosmologist and astrophysicist (1942-), followed by Roger Rees.
Where is the surname Rees most common?: Wikidata records people named Rees in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
Is the surname Rees getting more or less common?: More common. 12,456 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,754 in 2010, up 2.4%.
Is Rees also a first name?: Yes. Rees is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.