Reason Surname
Approximately 5,814 people bear this surname
Reason Surname Definition:
The origin of this surname is unknown.
It may be patronymic, from 'the son of Raymond or local from 'of Rasen'. Several instances below suggest that the suffix is not -son, but the diminutive -on or -in, as in Marion, Robin, &c. Possibly it is the diminutive of the once popular Rose (which see), of which the German diminutive was Roschen, the French Rosine, and the later English Rosanne.
Read More About This SurnameReason Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,866 | 1:126,469 | 13,421 |
| England | 1,744 | 1:31,948 | 4,258 |
| Australia | 312 | 1:86,525 | 9,997 |
| Canada | 229 | 1:160,898 | 16,247 |
| Nigeria | 140 | 1:1,265,305 | 50,482 |
| Wales | 91 | 1:34,006 | 3,399 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 74 | 1:18,432 | 2,206 |
| New Zealand | 67 | 1:67,587 | 10,255 |
| Grenada | 40 | 1:2,713 | 434 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Colombia | 20 | 1:2,388,704 | 13,197 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| Ecuador | 15 | 1:1,060,390 | 14,974 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Marshall Islands | 7 | 1:7,403 | 1,135 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 1:6,060 | 1,122 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 20 | 1:221,493 | 10,092 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 852 | 1:28,610 | 3,871 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:68,192 | 3,286 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 555 | 1:90,484 | 9,326 |
Reason (8,131) may also be a first name.
Reason Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The origin of this surname is unknown.
It may be patronymic, from 'the son of Raymond or local from 'of Rasen'. Several instances below suggest that the suffix is not -son, but the diminutive -on or -in, as in Marion, Robin, &c. Possibly it is the diminutive of the once popular Rose (which see), of which the German diminutive was Roschen, the French Rosine, and the later English Rosanne. All is conjecture, but I feel nearly positive that -son is not the terminative. The entries in the Hundred Rolls (A.) would be John fil. Ray, not John Raysun, as below. But v. Rayson, which will explain much.
Henry Reson, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard Resen, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Geoffrey Resun, Suffolk, ibid.
Betricia Raysun, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
John Raysun, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Albray Rayson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus Reyson, 1379: ibid.
1792. Married — John Lennon and Susanna Reason: St. George, Hanover Square.
1 Rea’s Son: v. Rea.
2 a variant of Rayson and Rasen, q.v.
Has probably no relation to that which distinguishes the man from the brute. It is perhaps a corruption of Reeve's-son-analogous to Stewardson, Cookson, &c.
From the Dutch, Riessen; a personal name.
Reason Demographics
Average Reason Salary in
United States
$39,714 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Reason Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Reason Come From? nationality or country of origin
Reason is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Reason? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 83,294th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,253,448 people. The surname Reason is primarily found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Reason live; 45 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. Reason is also the 70,308th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 8,131 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,866 people, or 1 in 126,469. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 12 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Michigan, where 5 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 50 countries. It also occurs in England, where 30 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.
Reason Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Reason has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Reason last name grew 516 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 396 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Reason Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Reason surname are 5.62% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.39% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Reason earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 107.48% more than the national average, earning R 493,044 per year; in Colombia they earn 42.69% more than the national average, earning $32,395,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.96% less than the national average, earning $39,714 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.61% more than the national average, earning $51,971 CAD per year.
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