Popularity of the last name by country

Finland

• Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax (310)
• Pohjois-Pohjanmaa / Norra Österbotten (140)
• Pohjanmaa / Österbotten (52)
• Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland (49)
• Pohjois-Karjala / Norra Karelen (49)
• Uusimaa / Nyland (31)
• Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland (25)
• Etelä-Savo / Södra Savolax (13)
• Ahvenanmaa / Åland (1)

All countries

• Germany (36,526)
• Portugal (12,785)
• France (9,471)
• Austria (9,204)
• Brazil (9,190)
• United States (8,164)
• Netherlands (5,237)
• Sweden (2,013)
• Hungary (1,609)
• Luxembourg (1,267)
• Finland (746)
• United Kingdom (630)
• Czech republic (602)
• Belgium (573)
• Romania (562)
• Denmark (555)
• Algeria (507)
• Norway (498)
• Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (476)
• Spain (463)
• Switzerland (423)
• Latvia (270)
• Estonia (261)
• Australia (234)
• Canada (190)
• Poland (145)
• Russian Federation (121)
• New Zealand (96)
• Cape Verde (94)
• Uruguay (93)
• Ukraine (84)
• Unknown country (77)
• Italy (64)
• Ireland (51)
• Argentina (50)
• Morocco (48)
• Indonesia (32)
• India (30)
• China (26)
• Angola (14)

Origine of last name

REIS : 1: German: from Middle High German rīs ‘undergrowth brushwood’; a topographic name for someone who lived in an overgrown area or a habitational name from Reis or Reissen in Bavaria.2: German: occupational name for a cobbler Middle High German riuze. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Reuss">Reuss</a>.3: German: from a short form of the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Zacharias">Zacharias</a>.4: Altered form of German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Ries">Ries</a>.5: Portuguese and Galician: from a short form of dos Reis ‘(of) the (Three) Kings’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Dos%20Reis">Dos Reis</a>). Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Reys">Reys</a>.6: Welsh: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Rice">Rice</a>.7: Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a dealer in rice or an artificial name from German Reis ‘rice’.8: Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Reis ‘twig branch’.9: Turkish: ornamental name or nickname from reis ‘head chief’.