How common is the surname Reeves?

81,978 people in the United States had the surname Reeves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,766 Americans. It ranked 390th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Reeves?

Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (1926–2000), followed by George Reeves.

Where is the surname Reeves most common?

Wikidata records people named Reeves in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Reeves?

Reeves is /ɹiːvz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Reeves getting more or less common?

More common. 79,817 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 81,978 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Reeves

An English occupational surname, carried by 81,978 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɹiːvz/ 1 syllable Soundex R120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reeves is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

* As an English surname, variant of Reeve with excrescent -s. * Also as an English topographical surname, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves (“at the border”), see Eaves. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Rímheadha, Ó Rímheá (“descendant of Rímheadh”), from rímid (“counter”).

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 81,978 people named Reeves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,766 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 79,817.

#390

rank among US surnames

81,978

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #358)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#381	Lara	83,067	3,717
#382	Fletcher	83,063	3,717
#383	Page	82,992	3,720
#384	McCarthy	82,950	3,722
#385	Love	82,873	3,726
#386	Robles	82,458	3,744
#387	Cervantes	82,161	3,758

Who is named Reeves

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

77% of people named Reeves identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reevess

26 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steve Reeves
American bodybuilder and actor (1926–2000)
George Reeves
American actor (1914–1959)
Matt Reeves
American film writer, director and producer, born 1966
Jim Reeves
American country singer (1923–1964)
Dianne Reeves
American jazz singer, born 1956
Tate Reeves
65th governor of Mississippi, born 1974
Perrey Reeves
American actress, born 1970
Martha Reeves
American singer, born 1941
Olivia Reeves
American weightlifter, born 2003
Bryant Reeves
American basketball player (born 1973)
Del Reeves
American singer (1932–2007)
Scott Reeves
American actor, born 1966

Notable Reevess come mostly from the United States (24) and the United Kingdom (2).

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Surnames that sound like Reeves

Reeves has the Soundex code R120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R120.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Reeves come from?: * As an English surname, variant of Reeve with excrescent -s. * Also as an English topographical surname, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves (“at the border”), see Eaves. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Rímheadha, Ó Rímheá (“descendant of Rímheadh”), from rímid (“counter”).
How common is the surname Reeves?: 81,978 people in the United States had the surname Reeves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,766 Americans. It ranked 390th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reeves?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Reeves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Reeves?: Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (1926–2000), followed by George Reeves.
Where is the surname Reeves most common?: Wikidata records people named Reeves in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Reeves?: Reeves is /ɹiːvz/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Reeves?: Reeves is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Reeves getting more or less common?: More common. 79,817 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 81,978 in 2010, up 2.7%.