Reece Surname
Approximately 44,488 people bear this surname
Reece Surname Definition:
his surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Rhys' (Welsh). Other variants and derivations are Rice, Price, Preece, which see.
Edward Recce, Herefordshire, 1601: Register of the University of Oxford.
Reese Myricke (Glamorganshire), Jesus Coll.
Read More About This SurnameReece Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32,351 | 1:11,204 | 1,389 |
| England | 5,348 | 1:10,418 | 1,540 |
| Australia | 1,614 | 1:16,726 | 2,350 |
| Canada | 1,354 | 1:27,212 | 3,618 |
| Jamaica | 834 | 1:3,441 | 501 |
| Wales | 509 | 1:6,080 | 683 |
| New Zealand | 445 | 1:10,176 | 1,767 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 358 | 1:3,810 | 633 |
| Guyana | 344 | 1:2,216 | 400 |
| Barbados | 325 | 1:884 | 217 |
| South Africa | 181 | 1:299,324 | 28,868 |
| Panama | 98 | 1:39,921 | 2,114 |
| Scotland | 96 | 1:55,769 | 4,673 |
| Ecuador | 89 | 1:178,717 | 7,540 |
| France | 81 | 1:820,034 | 98,127 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 39 | 1:2,889 | 474 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Denmark | 25 | 1:225,789 | 17,947 |
| American Samoa | 22 | 1:2,534 | 546 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Saint Lucia | 11 | 1:16,253 | 1,328 |
| Grenada | 10 | 1:10,854 | 835 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Laos | 9 | 1:732,036 | 508 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Cayman Islands | 9 | 1:7,099 | 820 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Montserrat | 5 | 1:989 | 156 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Anguilla | 4 | 1:3,359 | 324 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 13 | 1:340,759 | 12,983 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,177 | 1:11,197 | 1,713 |
| Wales | 427 | 1:3,673 | 248 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:267,373 | 8,913 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,500 | 1:11,160 | 1,453 |
Reece (11,602) may also be a first name.
Reece Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
his surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Rhys' (Welsh). Other variants and derivations are Rice, Price, Preece, which see.
Edward Recce, Herefordshire, 1601: Register of the University of Oxford.
Reese Myricke (Glamorganshire), Jesus Coll., 1607: ibid.
Thomas ap-Reese, 1606: Wills at Chester.
Thomas Rees, of Tybroughton, 1647: ibid.
Giles Reece, coinmaker, of Chester: ibid.
An Anglicized form of Rhys, q.v.
(Welsh) The son of Rhys (ardor, a rush).
A Welsh personal name, anciently Rhys, whence the modifications and derivatives, Rice, Price or Pryce, (Ap-Rhys) Apreece, Reece, Preece, &c.
Some derive the Welsh name Rees, which they say was originally written Rhys, from Aρης, Mars. Pryce, however, renders Pen-rice, -rees, the head of the fleeting ground. Rheese is the name of a moor in Cornwall; and Reese, Rice, Rise, Ryce, Ryse are also found as surnames.
From the Danish, Rüs; from the Flemish, Reisse; from the German, Riess; from the Dutch, Rees; Welsh, Rhys; a personal name.
Reece Demographics
Reece Religious Adherence
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Reece Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Reece Come From? nationality or country of origin
Reece is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Reece? popularity and diffusion
The last name Reece is the 12,612th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 163,809 people. The last name Reece occurs mostly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Reece are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 76 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 55,439th most frequently used forename globally. It is borne by 11,602 people.
The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 32,351 people, or 1 in 11,204. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 10 percent live, North Carolina, where 9 percent live and Georgia, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 91 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Reece Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Reece has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Reece surname rose 719 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 246 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 119 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 686 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 115 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Reece Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Methodist (54%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Reece surname are 21.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.96% registered with the party.
The amount Reece earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 165.4% more than the national average, earning R 630,696 per year; in United States they earn 6.37% less than the national average, earning $40,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.33% less than the national average, earning $46,536 CAD per year.
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