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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Rey Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rey families
 32 - 61  11 - 31 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rey families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Rey Family Origin
Rey Emigration Information (US)
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Rey Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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