Explore the Family Name Reap

The meaning of Reap

1. English: variant of Reep. 2. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Réabaigh ‘descendant of Réabach’, a personal name probably derived from réabach ‘tearing’. 3. Altered form of German Reeb.

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How common is the last name Reap in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Reap saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010, dropping by 4.01 ranks from 31,884 to 33,164. The number of individuals bearing this surname, however, rose slightly from 684 to 690, representing a modest increase of 0.88 percent. The proportion of the population carrying the Reap name per 100,000 people also fell by 8.0 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,884	#33,164	-4.01%
Count	684	690	0.88%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.23	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Reap

The ethnic identity associated with the Reap surname, as revealed through the Decennial U.S. Census, underwent some changes between 2000 and 2010. While the majority of those bearing the surname identified as White (85.51 percent in 2010, down from 90.35 percent in 2000), there were notable increases in those identifying as Hispanic and Black. Hispanic representation more than doubled, rising from 1.32 percent in 2000 to 2.75 percent in 2010, while the percentage of Black individuals increased by over a quarter, from 7.46 percent to 9.42 percent. The census also recorded a small percentage (1.30 percent) identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, a category that was not represented in 2000. The categories of "Two or more races" and "American Indian and Alaskan Native" remained unchanged at 0 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	90.35%	85.51%	-5.36%
Black	7.46%	9.42%	26.27%
Hispanic	1.32%	2.75%	108.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.3%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%