How rare is the last name Rea?

14,490 people in the United States have the last name Rea, about 1 in 20,628. It ranks #2,437 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

REA

#2,437

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,490
About
1 in 20,628
This common or more
50.1%
Who bears it

Of the 14,490 people with the last name Rea, 69.7% reported their origin as White, 24.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Rea

#2,435 Monahan · 14,509#2,436 Lombardo · 14,506#2,438 Merchant · 14,486#2,439 Negrete · 14,482

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rea, most common first.

#4,216 Rey · 8,147#5,799 Reh · 5,751#12,018 Re · 2,479#21,791 Ree · 1,218#23,737 Reay · 1,102#23,835 Rew · 1,097#38,989 Reo · 610#47,351 Reha · 483

Also a first name

As a first name, Rea ranks #8,434 of 53,615, with 1,718 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1958, with 34 births. See Rea as a first name

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