Reza Family History
Reza Name Meaning
Galician: habitational name from any of the three places in
Ourense province, Galicia named Reza.Portuguese: from a
derivative of rezar ‘to pray’.Muslim (chiefly Iranian):
from the Persian personal name Reza, from Arabic
ri?da’ ‘contentment’, ‘satisfaction’. Ri?da’ ?Ali ibn
Musa (765–817) was the eighth imam of the Shiites. Reza Shah Pahlavi
was the first Shah of the Pahlavi dynasty (1925–79) in
Iran. Reza is used to form names in combination with other
words, e.g. Reza ul-Karim (Ri?da’ al-Karim)
‘satisfaction of The Most Generous’, i.e. Allah.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Reza
Name Distribution of Reza Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Reza census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Reza surname lived over the years.
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Reza Family Origin
Reza Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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Reza Family Occupations
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