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.
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Reece Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Reece Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Reece is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Reece? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 12,612th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 163,809 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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. Reece is also the 55,439th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 11,602 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 32,351 people, or 1 in 11,204. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, North Carolina, where 9 percent reside and Georgia, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States it occurs in 91 countries. It is also common in England, where 12 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.
Reece Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Reece has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Reece last name 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 devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Methodist (54%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Reece last name are 21.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.96% being 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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