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The REEVES surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 79,817 358 0.03 296
United States (1880 census) 16,144 351 0.032 323
Change since 1880 +63673 -7 -0.002 -27
Other Countries
Australia 3,889 379 0.024 238
United Kingdom 16,762 335 0.036 365
Top States for REEVES by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 8,760 277 0.042 420
Georgia 5,277 170 0.064 645
California 4,756 680 0.014 140
Florida 4,711 380 0.029 295
Alabama 4,075 146 0.092 916
Top States for REEVES by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 4,075 146 0.092 916
Mississippi 2,230 173 0.078 784
Arkansas 1,925 156 0.072 720
South Carolina 2,644 212 0.066 659
Georgia 5,277 170 0.064 645

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

Classification and Origin of REEVES

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the REEVES 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.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the REEVES surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of REEVES in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Native American/Alaskan 559 0.7
Asian/Pacific 367 0.46
White (Caucasian) 63,686 79.79
Black/African American 12,499 15.66
Mixed Race 1,309 1.64
White (Hispanic) 1,397 1.75

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

Meaning of REEVES in historical publications

From Reeve, a bailiff, provost, or steward, Shirereeve, Wood-reeve, (Sheriff, Woodruff.)

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


REEVES. A pluralization of Reeve, which see. REGAN. See O'Regan.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to REEVES

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as REEVES.

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 REEVES

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