Rée Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Denmark

Rée Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rée Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Ree (37,399), Reé (53), Réé (1), Rêe (1) & Rèè (1) are calculated separately.

Rée Last Name Facts

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

Rée is more frequently found in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Ree, Reé, Réé, Rêe or Rèè. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rée? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Rée reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Rée is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,173,274. In Switzerland Rée is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Zürich, where 86 percent live and Canton of Lucerne, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland Rée occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 38 percent live and Chile, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ree8937,399/
Reé8953/
Réé891/
Rêe891/
Rége861/
Réed861/
Rhée861/
Réeh861/
Re8041,637/
80305/
Rèè781/
Rey67195,449/
Rea6785,766/
Rei6711,776/
Rye6710,597/
Red678,280/
Reh675,357/
Rej673,931/
Ret673,067/
Res672,634/
Reu672,603/
Rep671,924/
Rez671,916/
Reß67977/
Rie67932/
Røe67874/
Réz67736/
Reč67277/
Reš67207/
Rhe67155/
Hre67111/
Rer67105/
Rép6777/
Réa6746/
Réh6744/
Rre6737/
Rés6725/
Rét6720/
Øre6719/
Rje6717/
Rge6713/
Rze6711/
Reș674/
Råe674/
Åre673/
Reç672/
Reş671/
Rié671/
Réi671/
Reś671/
Reć671/
Rhé671/
Ríe671/
Ryé671/
Rér671/

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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 Rée
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