The Reeb surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,436 people carried this name — #18,984 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,478 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Reeb surname
Dutch and German surname, from the old Germanic name *Ripo, derived from a compound *rīkī (“power”) + *berht (“bright”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Reeb» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 760 people named Reeb.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 85 people named Reeb 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Reeb,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Reeb 1927–1965 · theologian -
Georg Reeb 1593–1662 · Catholic priest
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Georg Reeb 1594–1662 · Catholic priest
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Wilhelm Reeb 1866–1929 · teacher
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Wilhelm Reeb 1894–1965
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Eugène Reeb 1907–1992 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reeb.
- Redinger 2,030 · U.S. census
- Redler 380 · U.S. census
- Redo 202 · U.S. census
- Redon 139 · U.S. census
- Redondo 2,276 · U.S. census
- Redoutey 148 · U.S. census
- Reed 277,030 · U.S. census
- Rees 12,754 · U.S. census
- Reff 657 · U.S. census
- Rega 969 · U.S. census
- Regal 1,157 · U.S. census
- Regaldo 241 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Reeb is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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