Ream

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɹiːm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ream is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 53K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 1.5M

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)

6,222 people, 2010

Sources
42 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 53K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ream 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.

Where Ream is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States6,2221 in 53K6.2KReam42
DK Denmark41 in 1.5M4——
EG Egypt———Ream18
LB Lebanon———Ream1
SY Syria———Ream7
LY Libya———Ream2

6,222 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; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ream is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Řeam

  • Thai given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written เหรียม, เหรี่ยม, เรยมี, เรืยม, เรย์มี่

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ream is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, accusative singular of rea

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In fur, kingdom

    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)

18001850190019502000Norman B. Ream, b. 1844Vinnie Ream, b. 1847Beulah Ream Allen, b. 1897Roger Ream, b. 1954Rikki Rockett, b. 1961Denise Ream, b. 1965Tim Ream, b. 1987

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)

FormalDear Ream,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Ream
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020106.2K#5,588
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020006.1K#5,250
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020205.8K#5,792
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—4#71,020
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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 Ream mean, and where does it come from?
Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Ream?
A machine transcription gives /ɹiːm/ (IPA) for English.
What are other forms of the name Ream?
In the etymology graph, Ries and Rahm are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Ream have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 6.2 thousand people named Ream, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ream.
Where is Ream most common?
Ream is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 53 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Ream?
In the United States, the national register counted 6,222 people named Ream in 2010, about 1 in 53 thousand residents.

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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, “Ream”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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