Rèal

surname · Latin script

Rèal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Late Latin reālis, from Latin rēs.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 2.1M(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 98K
  • ALAlbania1 in 280K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

588 people, 2020

Sources
218 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 98K (inferred from the name graph)

Canada, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Real in FR France and Réal in CA Canada.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Rèal: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Rèal
  1. Late Latinreālis(measured from records)
  2. Latinrēs(measured from records)

Borrowed from Late Latin reālis, from Latin rēs.

Sources 4

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Wiktionary
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rèal counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rèal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States5881 in 566K7K—89
CA Canada≈380 est.≈1 in 98K1Réal35
FR France≈32 est.≈1 in 2.1M189Real218
AL Albania111 in 280K11——
SE Sweden111 in 928K11—3
GY Guyana11 in 750K1——

588 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Rèal under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rèal mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Late Latin reālis, from Latin rēs. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 2 other sources.
In which country does Rèal have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 588 people named Rèal, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Rèal?
In the United States, the national register counted 588 people named Rèal in 2020, about 1 in 566 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rèal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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