The Reist surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 700 people carried this name — #32,792 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is down 10% from 774 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,368 people named Reist live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 130 people named Reist 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 Córdoba.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Reist.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-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.
Who carried it
People named Reist,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dölf Reist 1921–2000 · photographer -
Walter Reist 1927–2022 · entrepreneur -
Hans Reist 1700– · preacher
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Alfred Reist 1892–1979 · gynecologist
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Martha Reist 1916–
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Dölf Reist 1921–2000 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reist.
- Reinold 219 · U.S. census
- Reis 12,165 · U.S. census
- Reisch 935 · U.S. census
- Reiser 4,554 · U.S. census
- Reiss 7,334 · U.S. census
- Reisser 168 · U.S. census
- Reisz 439 · U.S. census
- Reiter 10,802 · U.S. census
- Reith 1,864 · U.S. census
- Reitter 447 · U.S. census
- Reitz 7,604 · U.S. census
- Reitzer 119 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Reist is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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