Reeve Surname
Approximately 29,512 people bear this surname
Reeve Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the reeve' a bailiff, a steward.
'His lordes shepe, his nete, and his deirie, His swine, his hors, his store, and his pultrie, Were holly in this reves governing.': Chaucer's C. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.
Read More About This SurnameReeve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13,715 | 1:4,063 | 545 |
| United States | 7,764 | 1:46,685 | 5,673 |
| Australia | 3,419 | 1:7,896 | 1,177 |
| Canada | 1,728 | 1:21,323 | 2,934 |
| New Zealand | 1,122 | 1:4,036 | 640 |
| South Africa | 334 | 1:162,209 | 18,194 |
| Wales | 224 | 1:13,815 | 1,513 |
| Scotland | 200 | 1:26,769 | 2,879 |
| Indonesia | 186 | 1:711,017 | 55,051 |
| Liberia | 80 | 1:55,107 | 4,868 |
| Chile | 72 | 1:244,673 | 7,410 |
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| Germany | 55 | 1:1,463,736 | 89,144 |
| Spain | 51 | 1:916,707 | 35,562 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Brazil | 36 | 1:5,946,509 | 145,792 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| Northern Ireland | 23 | 1:80,219 | 5,468 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Gibraltar | 13 | 1:2,612 | 585 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1:30,645,251 | 132,600 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6,981 | 1:3,492 | 493 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:249,548 | 8,553 |
| Isle of Man | 9 | 1:6,030 | 597 |
| Jersey | 6 | 1:8,647 | 1,503 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,919 | 1:26,169 | 3,220 |
Reeve (835) may also be a first name.
Reeve Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the reeve' a bailiff, a steward.
'His lordes shepe, his nete, and his deirie, His swine, his hors, his store, and his pultrie, Were holly in this reves governing.': Chaucer's C. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.
Sampson le Reve, Suffolk 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John le Reve, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
William le Reve, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
John le Reveson, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
William le Reveson, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Sager le Reve. Rolls of Parliament.
1611. William Reve and Joyce Headley: Marriage Lic. (London).
1638-9. John Trott and Elizabeth Reeve: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).
Reeves is a genitive form (the son of the reeve'), just as Williams is the genitive of William.
1686. James Petre and Elizabeth Reves: Marriage Lic. (London).
1729 Baptised — Ann, d. William Reeves: St. Dionis Backchurch.
From the office of bailiff or steward, ME. reve. Adam the reeve of Machan was juror on an inquisition by the sheriff of Lanark, 1263 (Bain, I, 2677). In this instance the word has not arrived at the surname stage.
(English) Steward, Bailiff [Middle English reve, refe, etc.; Old English ge)réfa] John le Reve.—Hundred Rolls The reve was a sclendre colerik man . . . Wel koude he kepe a gerner and a bynne . . .
In youthe he lerned hadde a good myster [trade]; He was a wel good wrighte, a carpenter. —Chaucer, Cant. Tales, Prol. 587,593, 613-4. ‘What is thy name, ffellow, by thy leave’? ‘Marry,’ quoth hee, ‘ Iohn the Reeve.’— John the Reeve, 133-4. See also the quotations under Procter and Perkin (third).
“Land Agent” in Middle Ages. Compare “Sherriff” - “Shire-Reeve”.
(English) A minor official appointed by the lord of the manor to supervise his tenants’ work.
The bailiff of a franchise or manor. Anglo-Saxon gerefa. One of Chaucer's Canterbury pilgrims is a Reeve, but the poet's account of his duties and pursuits reminds us more of a great man's farm-bailiff than of the official reeve.
A pluralization of Reeve.
From Reeve, a bailiff, provost, or steward, Shire—reeve, Wood—reeve, (Sheriff, Woodruff.)
From the German, Riewe; from the Dutch, Rieuwe; a personal name.
Reeve,Reeves. —Confined to the southern half of England, and not extending north of a line drawn from the Wash to the Mersey. Best represented in Wilts, Kent, Sussex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire; but infrequent in the south - western counties.
User-submitted Reference
This surname derives from Ó Rímheàdh, an ancient Irish surname.
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Average Reeve Salary in
United States
$46,368 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Reeve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Reeve Come From? nationality or country of origin
Reeve (Arabic: رييف) has its highest incidence in England. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Reeve.
How Common Is The Last Name Reeve? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 18,676th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 246,935 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Reeve live; 48 percent live in Northern Europe and 48 percent live in British Isles. Reeve is also the 282,586th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 835 people.
This surname is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 13,715 people, or 1 in 4,063. In England Reeve is mostly found in: Greater London, where 11 percent are found, Norfolk, where 10 percent are found and Essex, where 8 percent are found. Not including England this surname is found in 74 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Australia, where 12 percent are found.
Reeve Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Reeve has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 196 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 405 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 4,480 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,333 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 800 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Reeve Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Reeve last name is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Reeve last name are 16.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.97% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Reeve earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 16.58% less than the national average, earning €25,051 per year; in Norway they earn 6.12% less than the national average, earning 324,907 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 115.37% more than the national average, earning R 511,812 per year; in United States they earn 7.46% more than the national average, earning $46,368 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.03% more than the national average, earning $52,681 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Reeve Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Reeve in the Arabic language | ||
| رييف | ryyf | - |
| ريف | ryf | - |
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