de Rees Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Rees Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Rees Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium311:370,85940,209
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

de Rees Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Rees Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Rees is found most frequently in Belgium. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Rees? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,055,934th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. de Rees occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of de Rees live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 370,859. In Belgium de Rees is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Belgium this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

de Rees Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de Rees has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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de Res923/
de Reus862,588/
de Raes86313/
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de Ries8653/
de Rhee863/
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de Rest862/
de Reep861/
de Roes861/
der Ree861/
de Re831,101/
de Reuse80230/
de Reyst8017/
de Royes806/
des Reis804/
De-Reese803/
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de Reu77893/
de Rie77152/
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de Rez777/
de Red773/
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da Ree771/
de Rouese753/
de Reiche751/
de Rios71192/
de Rous71185/
di Rese71121/
de Roey7189/
de Retz7149/
de Reyt7147/
de Roys7136/
de Rays7130/
de Ryst7119/
de Rijs7118/
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de Rois711/
de Rice711/
De-Rets711/
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de Raez711/
de Rése711/
de Reit711/
da Reed711/
da Re673,752/
de Rojas671,388/
di Re67779/
de Reggi67199/
de Reydt6765/
de Recht6748/
de Ré6742/
de Rijst6720/
de Roust6714/
De Roush675/
de Régis675/
de Ry674/
des Roys674/
de Risse673/
de Rê673/
de Rouse673/
De-Re673/
de Ra672/
de Ri672/
de Riche672/
de Rè672/
Des-Rues672/
de Roias671/
de Royce671/
de Rayas671/
de Raais671/
de Readt671/
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de Royas671/
de Raish671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Rees
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