The Rest surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 257 people carried this name — #75,069 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 10% from 284 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 74 people named Rest.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Finistère.
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
29 people named Rest live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
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.
Who carried it
People named Rest,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Rest 1901–1999 · social psychologist
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Walter Rest 1909–1992 · pedagogue
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Walter Rest 1911–1942 · archaeologist
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Matthias Rest 1940– · archivist
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Ann Rest 1942– · politician
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Franco Rest 1942–2022 · pedagogue
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rest.
- Repetto 560 · U.S. census
- Reppert 2,018 · U.S. census
- Requena 1,661 · U.S. census
- Resch 3,267 · U.S. census
- Ress 810 · U.S. census
- Resse 214 · U.S. census
- Resta 281 · U.S. census
- Restelli 160 · U.S. census
- Restivo 2,071 · U.S. census
- Reto 146 · U.S. census
- Retter 728 · U.S. census
- Retterer 197 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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