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The REY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 7,348 4450 0.003 27
United States (1880 census) 544 9028 0.001 11
Change since 1880 +6804 +4578 +0.002 +16
Other Countries
Australia 114 12645 0.001 7
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for REY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 1,521 1515 0.010 95
California 1,349 2642 0.004 40
Texas 915 2855 0.004 44
New York 549 3984 0.003 29
New Jersey 343 3185 0.004 41
Top States for REY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 1,521 1515 0.010 95
New Mexico 136 1434 0.007 75
Texas 915 2855 0.004 44
Washington DC 25 2716 0.004 44
New Jersey 343 3185 0.004 41

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

Classification and Origin of REY

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the REY 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 REY 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 REY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 386 5.25
Asian/Pacific 255 3.47
Mixed Race 96 1.31
Native American/Alaskan 52 0.71
White (Hispanic) 3,947 53.72
White (Caucasian) 2,612 35.55

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

Meaning of REY in historical publications

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

Similar names to REY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as REY.

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 REY

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