How common is the surname Reich?

12,891 people in the United States had the surname Reich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,950 Americans. It ranked 2,796th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reich?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Reich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Reich?

Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator and sociologist (1897–1957), followed by Steve Reich.

Where is the surname Reich most common?

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

Is the surname Reich getting more or less common?

More common. 12,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,891 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Reich

A German surname, carried by 12,891 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

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

Origin

German origin

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

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,891 people named Reich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,950 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,283.

#2,796

rank among US surnames

12,891

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,696)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,788	Lipscomb	12,948	23,845
#2,789	Carreon	12,941	23,858
#2,790	Pease	12,937	23,865
#2,791	Regalado	12,931	23,876
#2,792	Oldham	12,928	23,882
#2,793	Belanger	12,922	23,893
#2,794	Alcantar	12,919	23,899

Who is named Reich

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

94% of people named Reich identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reichs

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1974
Christian Reich
Bobsledder, born 1967
Charles A. Reich
American lawyer (1928–2019)
Christopher Reich
American writer, born 1961
Annie Reich
American Austrian-born psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1902-1971)
Frank Reich
American football player and coach (born 1961)

Notable Reichs come mostly from the United States (7), Austria (1) and Switzerland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reich

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Reich come from?: Borrowed from German Reich (“empire, realm”). Doublet of Raj.
How common is the surname Reich?: 12,891 people in the United States had the surname Reich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,950 Americans. It ranked 2,796th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reich?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Reich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Reich?: Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator and sociologist (1897–1957), followed by Steve Reich.
Where is the surname Reich most common?: Wikidata records people named Reich in the United States, Austria and Switzerland.
Is the surname Reich getting more or less common?: More common. 12,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,891 in 2010, up 4.9%.