The Reith surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,864 people carried this name — #15,663 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,810 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 121 people named Reith.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 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
86 people named Reith live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Reith in American newspapers,
1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,287 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Reith,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adah Mary Weston d. 1935
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Bernhard von Reith 1762–1824 · historian
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Alexander Reith 1765–
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Archibald Reith 1816–
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Archibald Reith 1837–1894 · physician
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August Reith 1838–1909 · painter
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reith.
- Reiser 4,554 · U.S. census
- Reiss 7,334 · U.S. census
- Reisser 168 · U.S. census
- Reist 700 · U.S. census
- Reisz 439 · U.S. census
- Reiter 10,802 · U.S. census
- Reitter 447 · U.S. census
- Reitz 7,604 · U.S. census
- Reitzer 119 · U.S. census
- Relle 122 · U.S. census
- Rello 147 · U.S. census
- Remacle 170 · U.S. census
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