How rare is the last name Rees?

12,559 people in the United States have the last name Rees, about 1 in 23,800. It ranks #2,795 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

REES

#2,795

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,559
About
1 in 23,800
This common or more
51.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,559 people with the last name Rees, 90.5% reported their origin as White, 4% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Rees

1 other last name also has 12,559 people.

#2,795 Condon · 12,559

Either side of Rees

#2,794 Aguayo · 12,564#2,795 Condon · 12,559#2,797 Cardoza · 12,552#2,798 Braden · 12,547

Spelled almost the same

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

#56 Reyes · 335,828#454 Reese · 71,141#2,840 Reis · 12,346#13,826 Res · 2,093#28,341 Ress · 896#48,549 Reas · 470#50,816 Reeg · 444#51,363 Reus · 438

Also a first name

As a first name, Rees ranks #11,926 of 53,615, with 1,059 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2006, with 44 births. See Rees as a first name

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