Réa Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Réa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Réa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France271:2,460,101186,232
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Rea (85,766) are calculated separately.

Réa (13) may also be a first name.

Réa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Réa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Réa is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Rea. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Réa? popularity and diffusion

Réa is the 2,876,555th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. Réa occurs predominantly in Europe, where 65 percent of Réa are found; 65 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Réa is also the 3,159,357th most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 13 people.

It is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,460,101. In France Réa is mostly concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 44 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 44 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account France Réa occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 26 percent are found and Switzerland, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rea8985,766/
Réga865/
Réat861/
Réas861/
Ra80412,855/
80305/
Réach751/
Ray675,025,343/
Rai671,571,046/
Raj671,141,746/
Roa67189,861/
Raz6780,314/
Rau6745,700/
Rae6740,877/
Rad6729,400/
Ras6729,206/
Rah6714,817/
Rat6710,558/
Raa675,742/
Rap672,991/
Rza67971/
Raß67838/
Hra67817/
Réz67736/
Rha67441/
Raț67338/
Raţ67259/
Rra67251/
Rúa67119/
Rga6799/
Rép6777/
Øra6745/
Réh6744/
Raś6726/
Rés6725/
Rét6720/
Rõa6719/
Rée6713/
Raë6713/
Rùa6711/
Raí6710/
Raď679/
Rôa677/
Raï676/
Raá675/
Røa675/
Réjaud672/
Raù671/
Rać671/
Raȕ671/
Rér671/
Róa671/
Raç671/
Rhé671/
Raå671/
Réi671/

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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 Réa
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