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Frequency: (106)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Riabhach, which MacLysaght describes as an adjectival surname (meaning ‘gray’ or ‘brindled’) that ‘‘took the place of an hereditary one’’.
2. Possibly an altered spelling of German Rech.
GIVEN NAMES: German 6%. Kurt, Ute.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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