How common is the last name Reeves?

79,326 people in the United States have the last name Reeves, about 1 in 3,768. It ranks #399 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

REEVES

#399

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
79,326
About
1 in 3,768
This common or more
29.5%
Who bears it

Of the 79,326 people with the last name Reeves, 74.1% reported their origin as White, 16.1% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Reeves

#397 Fletcher · 79,835#398 Klein · 79,552#400 Page · 79,314#401 Rivas · 78,862

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,370 Reaves · 15,020#28,736 Reves · 881#72,692 Reives · 288#138,300 Reevis · 125

Also a first name

As a first name, Reeves ranks #16,074 of 53,615, with 707 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 81 births. See Reeves as a first name

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