Reaves is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Reaves
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Reaves

How popular is Reaves?

Reaves is common in United States.

Reaves is ranked 27805 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Reaves bearers increased by 7.500864 per cent in 2010 US census to 15550 since 2000, the surname slipped by 45 spots and ranked at 2344. The last name was found in around 53 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 55.31 58.22
Black 39.47 38.28
Others 2.39 1.73
Hispanic or Latino 2.17 1.15
Reaves is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 18200 people have been found who wears Reaves as their family name. Reaves is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
1,014,159 India4
124,420 Spain3
4,915 Panama3
14,054 China3
14,078 Japan3
723,167 Indonesia2
24,269 Peru2
4,367 Afghanistan2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
91,784 Netherlands2
124,220 Italy2
717 Bhutan1
20,172 Hungary1
31,207 Ireland1
123,175 Tanzania1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
53,033 Nigeria1
62,864 New Zealand1
12,270 Lebanon1
50,549 Georgia1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,489 Australia43
12,692 Scotland33
4,076 Costa Rica14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
48,377 Canada64
Countries with hundreds of Reaves:
43,536 Germany235
23,602 Mexico131
38,707 England108
Countries with ten thousands of Reaves:
2,294 United States17,527
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ellen Reaves was 35 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 11, 1850. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took Triumph from Limerick. Mary Reaves, aged 35, are other Reaves that migrated to US.

Reaves Namesakes

  • John Reaves, Football player
  • Joe Reaves, Basketball small forward
  • Ken Reaves, Football player
  • Mallory Reaves, Writer
  • Darrin Reaves, Football running back
  • Michael Reaves, Writer
  • Deandre Reaves, Football wide receiver
  • Matt Reaves, Actor
  • Gayle Reaves, Journalist
  • Gerri Reaves, Author
  • Sophia Reaves portrayed the main role of Dulcea and Kimberly in 2015 action and fantasy flick Zordon of Eltar.

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