# Regas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/regas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Catalan |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 542 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,371 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 569,641 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.7% (508 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Regàs, a habitational surname from any of various places named with rec (“irrigation channel”). * Borrowed from Greek Ρέγας (Régas), a variant of Ρήγα (Ríga).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Regas in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Regis, Rojas, Rosas, Riojas, Raygoza, Rakes, Ragusa, Ruzicka, Rogowski, Rakowski, Roxas, Rezac.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.