The Rei surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 354 people carried this name — #54,522 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 122 people named Rei.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
73 people named Rei live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rei.
- Regner 1,092 · U.S. census
- Regnery 145 · U.S. census
- Regnier 2,315 · U.S. census
- Rego 5,498 · U.S. census
- Regoli 185 · U.S. census
- Rehm 3,654 · U.S. census
- Reibel 400 · U.S. census
- Reich 12,283 · U.S. census
- Reichard 3,704 · U.S. census
- Reichart 1,242 · U.S. census
- Reichel 2,649 · U.S. census
- Reichenbach 2,375 · U.S. census
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