# Reich (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/reich/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,891 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,796 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,950 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (12,283 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Reich (“empire, realm”). Doublet of Raj.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Reich 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) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Reich in the United States, Austria and Switzerland.

## People named Reich

- Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator and sociologist (1897–1957)
- Steve Reich, American composer (born 1936)
- Robert Reich, American political economist (born 1946)
- David E. Reich, American professor of genetics
- Christian Reich, bobsledder
- Charles A. Reich, American lawyer (1928–2019)
- Christopher Reich, American writer
- Annie Reich, American Austrian-born psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1902-1971)
- Frank Reich, American football player and coach (born 1961)

## Similar surnames

Rich, Richey, Richie, Ritch, Rech, Riche, Reach, Resh, Reis, Recio, Resch, Roesch.

## 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.