The Rees surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 12,456 people carried this name — #2,669 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 167 people named Rees.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
92 people named Rees live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Rees in American newspapers,
1848–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,164,989 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rees,
with a public archive behind them.
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Abraham Rees 1743–1825 · mathematician -
William Jenkins Rees 1772–1855 · cleric -
Mary Owen 1796–1875 · hymnwriter -
David Rees 1801–1869 · printer -
William Rees 1802–1883 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 171 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rees.
- Redo 120 · U.S. census
- Redon 134 · U.S. census
- Redondo 1,786 · U.S. census
- Redoutey 117 · U.S. census
- Reeb 1,478 · U.S. census
- Reed 267,443 · U.S. census
- Reff 672 · U.S. census
- Rega 961 · U.S. census
- Regal 1,134 · U.S. census
- Regaldo 186 · U.S. census
- Regazzi 151 · U.S. census
- Rege 273 · U.S. census
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