How rare is the last name Rey?

8,147 people in the United States have the last name Rey, about 1 in 36,688. It ranks #4,216 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

last name

REY

#4,216

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,147
About
1 in 36,688
This common or more
56.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,147 people with the last name Rey, 62.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26.3% as White and 4.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Rey

2 other last names also have 8,147 people.

#4,216 Creel · 8,147#4,216 Gurley · 8,147

Either side of Rey

#4,216 Creel · 8,147#4,216 Gurley · 8,147#4,219 Toussaint · 8,143#4,219 Turnbull · 8,143

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,437 Rea · 14,490#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#50,158 Rei · 451

Also a first name

As a first name, Rey ranks #2,240 of 53,615, with 11,635 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 394 births. See Rey as a first name

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