Reeves Family History
Reeves Name Meaning
patronymic from Reeve.topographic name for
someone who lived on the margin of a wood, from a misdivision of the
Middle English phrase atter eves ‘at the edge’ (Old English
æt þære efese).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Reeves Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Reeves families
 359 - 716  120 - 358 |
 1 - 119  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Reeves families
|
1,124 - 2,245 375 - 1,123 |
1 - 374 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Reeves families
|
17 - 32 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Reeves Family Origin
Reeves Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Reeves
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Reeves Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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