The surname Regala
A Spanish surname, carried by 537 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex R240
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Regala; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 537 people named Regala in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 400.
Who is named Regala
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Regala identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.1% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.4%
- Two or more races 7.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Regala has the Soundex code R240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R240.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Regala come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Regala; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.
- How common is the surname Regala?
- 537 people in the United States had the surname Regala in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. It ranked 40,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Regala?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Regala identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Regala getting more or less common?
- More common. 400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 537 in 2010, up 34%.