Find out how popular the last name Reising is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Reising.

Reising, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Reising surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Reising in America

Reising is the 16775th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Reising surname appeared 1,703 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Reising.

We can also compare 2010 data for Reising to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Reising

The surname Reising has its origins in Germany, where it is believed to have originated as early as the 12th century. The name is derived from the Old German word "reise," meaning "journey" or "travel," and is likely an occupational surname given to those who worked as travelers, messengers, or merchants.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Reising name can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae, a collection of historical documents from the region of Saxony, dating back to the 13th century. This document mentions a "Heinrich Reising" who lived in the town of Merseburg in 1256.

The Reising name also appears in various other historical records, such as the Württembergisches Urkundenbuch, a collection of documents from the region of Württemberg, which includes references to individuals with the surname Reising in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Notable individuals with the surname Reising throughout history include Johannes Reising (1532-1603), a German theologian and reformer who played a significant role in the Protestant Reformation in Saxony. Another notable figure was Gottfried Reising (1667-1737), a German composer and organist who served as the Kapellmeister (chapel master) at the court of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen.

In the 16th century, the Reising name was also found in the region of Franconia, where it was associated with the town of Reisensburg, which may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation of the name in that area.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, several individuals with the Reising surname were recorded in various church records and local histories in regions such as Bavaria, Saxony, and Württemberg, indicating the widespread distribution of the name across German-speaking territories.

One notable individual from this period was Johann Georg Reising (1681-1743), a German theologian and philosopher who served as a professor at the University of Leipzig and authored numerous works on theology and ethics.

In the 19th century, the Reising name continued to be present in various German communities, and several individuals with this surname emigrated to other parts of the world, including North America and Australia, contributing to the further spread and variation of the name.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Reising

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Reising.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Reising was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Reising has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Reising was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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