See also: ree English English Wikipedia has an article on:ReeWikipedia Etymology As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Rea, Ray. As a Norwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads, from an obsolete Old Norse word meaning "gravelly ridge." As a Korean surname, variant of Ri, itself a variant of Yi. Proper noun Ree (plural Rees) A surname. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Ree is the 24665th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1012 individuals. Ree is most common among White (57.02%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (26.68%) individuals. Anagrams 'ere, -eer, EER, Ere, e'er, eer, ere Plautdietsch Etymology From Middle Low German rē, from Old Saxon rēho. Noun Ree n (plural Ree) deer (animal) Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.