de Rey Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Rey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Rey 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
Belgium361:319,35136,407
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

de Rey Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Rey is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of de Rey.

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

The surname de Rey is the 2,530,696th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of de Rey are found; 62 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Rey is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 319,351. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Belgium this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 10 percent live and Spain, where 10 percent live.

de Rey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Rey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the de Rey last name contracted 37 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
de Reys92134/
de Roey9289/
de Reyt9247/
de Reya9210/
de Re911,101/
de Ry914/
de Reyes86436/
de Reydt8665/
de Reyst8617/
de Roy831,774/
de Reu83893/
de Ray83653/
de Ree83523/
de Rie83152/
de Rue83131/
de Ruy8344/
de Roe8339/
de Rae8330/
de Rei8323/
de Rez837/
de Res833/
de Rej833/
de Rea833/
de Red833/
de Rys831/
de Rooy773,455/
de Reus772,588/
de Raya77397/
de Reis77157/
de Roye7789/
de Rydt7788/
de Ruyt7759/
de Raay7756/
de Retz7749/
de Rees7741/
de Roys7736/
de Rays7730/
de Ryst7719/
de Reij7712/
de Rowe776/
de Ryss774/
de Rayo774/
de Roya774/
de Rhee773/
de Reid773/
de Rett772/
de Resh772/
de Read772/
de Reje772/
de Ress772/
de Rest772/
de Rech772/
de Reep771/
de Reit771/
de Roiy771/
de Rouy771/
de Royo771/
der Ree771/
da Re733,752/
di Re73779/
de Ré7342/
de Rê733/
De-Re733/
de Ri732/
de Ra732/
de Rè732/
de Reggi71199/
de Regge71179/
de Recht7148/
de Rouet7113/
de Royes716/
des Roys714/
des Reis714/
de Rejas712/
de Rayas711/
de Readt711/
de Reijt711/
de Royas711/
de Royet711/
De Rijie711/
de Roa67539/
de Riz67401/
de Ras67151/
de Rui6775/
de Rio6770/
de Ruydts6744/
de Ris6723/
de Rai6716/
de Raj6715/
de Roi6713/
di Rei679/
De-Roy677/
da Ray673/
de Rat672/
de Reijdt672/
di Ray671/
di Rie671/
da Ree671/
de Rid671/
der Regge671/
der Reith671/
de Rij671/
de Rit671/
de Rooije671/
de Rou671/
de Rís671/
de Raa671/
de Rau671/
di Ruy671/
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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 Rey
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