How common is the surname Reeve?

5,406 people in the United States had the surname Reeve in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,112 Americans. It ranked 6,312th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reeve?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Reeve identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Reeve?

Christopher Reeve, American actor (1952–2004), followed by Dana Reeve.

Where is the surname Reeve most common?

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

How do you pronounce Reeve?

Reeve is /ɹiːv/, one syllable.

Is the surname Reeve getting more or less common?

More common. 5,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,406 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Reeve

An occupational surname, carried by 5,406 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɹiːv/ 1 syllable Soundex R100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reeve is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

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

Reeve is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,406 people named Reeve in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,112 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,352.

#6,312

rank among US surnames

5,406

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #5,922)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,303	Galdamez	5,419	56,975
#6,304	Spiller	5,418	56,985
#6,305	Beason	5,414	57,027
#6,306	Legrand	5,413	57,038
#6,307	Stillman	5,411	57,059
#6,310	Weatherspoon	5,409	57,080
#6,311	Levitt	5,407	57,101

Who is named Reeve

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

92% of people named Reeve identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reeves

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Notable Reeves come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reeve

Reeve has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

Questions

Where does the surname Reeve come from?: * As an English surname, from the noun reeve. * As an Irish surname, variant of Reeves.
How common is the surname Reeve?: 5,406 people in the United States had the surname Reeve in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,112 Americans. It ranked 6,312th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reeve?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Reeve identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Reeve?: Christopher Reeve, American actor (1952–2004), followed by Dana Reeve.
Where is the surname Reeve most common?: Wikidata records people named Reeve in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Reeve?: Reeve is /ɹiːv/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Reeve?: Reeve is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Reeve getting more or less common?: More common. 5,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,406 in 2010, up 1.0%.