# Reeve (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation for a bailiff.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,406 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,312 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 57,112 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (5,352 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɹiːv/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun reeve. * As an Irish surname, variant of Reeves.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Reeve 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Reeve in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Reeve

- Christopher Reeve, American actor (1952–2004)
- Dana Reeve, American actress and singer (1961–2006)
- Lovell Augustus Reeve, British biologist and publisher (1814–1865)
- Cheryl Reeve, American basketball coach (born 1966)
- Ella Reeve Bloor, American labor organizer and a founder of the Communist Labor Party of America (1862-1951)
- Arthur Benjamin Reeve, American journalist (1880-1936)

## Similar surnames

Reef, Reep, Reeb, Rubio, Ruff, Rapp, Robb, Rupp, Roby, Ruby, Rife, Raab.

## 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.