Reu
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Reu serves as a genealogical link between the scattering of nations (associated with his father Peleg) and the rise of the Patriarchs leading to Abraham
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɹu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Reu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.6M(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 2M
- BRBrazil1 in 2.2M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 23 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.6M (inferred from the name graph)
214 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Reu serves as a genealogical link between the scattering of nations (associated with his father Peleg) and the rise of the Patriarchs leading to Abraham.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Reu 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 214 | 1 in 1.6M | 242 | Reu | 23 |
| BR Brazil | 98 | 1 in 2.2M | 98 | Reu | 23 |
| PL Poland | 19 | 1 in 2M | 13 | — | — |
| IN India | 18 | 1 in 74M | 18 | — | 2 |
| ES Spain | 6 | 1 in 8.3M | 6 | Reu | 7 |
214 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Reu is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Dutch, male dog or other canine
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Friend, Associate, or Shepherd
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Chinese, to reunion with friends (typically from university)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Réunion.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johann Michael Reub. 1869DEAmerican theologian (1869-1943)
- David Reub. 1935RORomanian writer
- Tudor Reufilm producer
- Ben de ReuNLDutch politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 242 | #83,650 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 214 | #86,981 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 172 | #97,848 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 98 | #64,313 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 18 | #82,930 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 15 | #95,368 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 13 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 13 | #117,560 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 6 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 6 | #184,846 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 6 | #154,812 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #24,518 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Reu mean, and where does it come from?
- Reu serves as a genealogical link between the scattering of nations (associated with his father Peleg) and the rise of the Patriarchs leading to Abraham. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Reu?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹu/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Reu?
- In the etymology graph, Rüde is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Reu have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 214 people named Reu, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled reu.
- Where is Reu most common?
- Reu is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.6 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Reu?
- In the United States, the national register counted 214 people named Reu in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/reuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Reu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.