Rey Family History
- Rey Name Meaning
- Spanish and southern French (Occitan): from Spanish and Old French rey ‘king’ (from Latin rex, genitive regis), which could have been applied any of in numerous ways: it may have denoted someone in the service of a king; it may have been from the title of someone in a brotherhood; or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal fashion or who had earned the title in some contest of skill or by presiding over festivities. English: variant spelling of Ray 1, cognate with 1. German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with ragin ‘counsel’. German: nickname for a leader of dancing or singing, from Middle Low German rei(e) ‘(line) dance’, ‘(satirical) song’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 242,915 Historical Documents with Rey on Ancestry
- 137,423 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 30,063 Census and Voter Lists
- 8,526 Military Records
- 23,767 Immigration Records
- 43,136 Member Trees
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Number of Rey families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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32 - 61 11 - 31 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- 132
- Confederate
- 58
- Union
- 74
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