Ré Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Ré Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| Argentina | 51 | 1:838,106 | 54,910 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Switzerland | 42 | 1:195,546 | 17,263 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Re (41,637), Rê (51) & Rè (49) are calculated separately.
Ré (15) may also be a first name.
Ré Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ré Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ré is found most in Portugal. It can appear as a variant: Re, Rê or Rè. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ré? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 883,255th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. Ré occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Ré reside; 32 percent reside in South America and 29 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous forename internationally, held by 15 people.
The last name is most numerous in Portugal, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 138,910. Excluding Portugal this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in France, where 20 percent are found and Argentina, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Ré
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