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    The surname Reif

    A surname, carried by 3,381 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R100

    Reif: #9,611 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Reif #9,611, 3,381 people Reif: #9,611 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Reif #9,611, 3,381 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reif is more common than 94.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,381 people named Reif in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,318 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,303.

    #9,611
    rank among US surnames
    3,381
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,093)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,603Seaver3,38491,237
    #9,607Wingert3,38391,264
    #9,609Sabatino3,38291,291
    #9,611Cuenca3,38191,318
    #9,615Backer3,38091,345
    #9,618Courville3,37991,372
    #9,620Mardis3,37891,399

    Who is named Reif

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

    93% of people named Reif identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Reif

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Reif?
    3,381 people in the United States had the surname Reif in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,318 Americans. It ranked 9,611th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Reif?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Reif identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Reif getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,381 in 2010, up 2.4%.