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The Reck surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,155 people carried this name — #10,215 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted. That is up 12% from 2,822 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

290 people named Reck live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Aargau 94
Zurich 35
Basel-Landschaft 35
St. Gallen 23
Solothurn 16
Lucerne 16
Bern 14
Glarus 10

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Reck.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Haut-Rhin 58
Pas-de-Calais 11
Bas-Rhin 5
Paris 4
Vosges 4
Moselle 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Territoire de Belfort 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

63 people named Reck have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 98 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Silesian 24
Pomeranian 15
Opole 10
West Pomeranian 7
Greater Poland 5
Masovian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 42 people named Reck live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 21
Corrientes 21

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Reck in American newspapers,
1921–1922.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Reck
Evening Star 1921-02-06
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Reck
New-york Tribune 1921-02-06
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Reck
The Grenada Sentinel 1922-05-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 290,375 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Reck,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hermann Reck
    Hermann Reck 1847–1931 · farmer
  • A.B. Reck
    A.B. Reck 1850–1927 · businessperson
  • Johann Heinrich Carl von Reck 1739–1765
  • Johann Stephan Reck 1753–1839 · pastor
  • Johann Stephan Reck 1779–1854 · teacher
  • Jacob Ludvig Reck 1784–1856 · beamter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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