Rees Family History
Rees Name Meaning
Welsh: variant spelling of Reese.German: habitational name from a place in the Rhineland called Rees. German: short form of Andreas.
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Name Distribution of Rees Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rees families
 124 - 245  42 - 123 |
 1 - 41  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rees families
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6,254 - 12,506 2,085 - 6,253 |
1 - 2,084 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rees families
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11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rees census records
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Rees Family Origin
Rees Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Rees
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Rees Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Rees census records
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Rees Civil War Service Records
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