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The REISS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 7,072 4590 0.003 26
United States (1880 census) 924 5835 0.002 18
Change since 1880 +6148 +1245 +0.001 +8
Other Countries
Australia 126 11578 0.001 8
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for REISS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 1,084 1570 0.006 57
California 653 4212 0.002 19
Pennsylvania 620 2280 0.005 50
Florida 562 3411 0.004 35
New Jersey 488 1757 0.006 58
Top States for REISS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Nebraska 123 1547 0.007 72
New Jersey 488 1757 0.006 58
Connecticut 195 2138 0.006 57
New York 1,084 1570 0.006 57
Pennsylvania 620 2280 0.005 50

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called REISS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called REISS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called REISS in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a REISS by picking someone at random in Nebraska than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of REISS

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Netherlands

Language of origin: Dutch

Religious origin: Jewish

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the REISS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of REISS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 92 1.3
Mixed Race 70 0.99
Asian/Pacific 35 0.49
Black/African American 33 0.47
Native American/Alaskan 16 0.23
White (Caucasian) 6,826 96.52

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the REISS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of REISS in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of REISS.

Similar names to REISS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as REISS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for REISS

The following words are slight variants of REISS that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.