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    The surname Regas

    A Catalan place surname, carried by 542 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R220

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Regas is more common than 75.1% of them.

    Origin

    Catalan origin

    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).

    Regas is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 542 people named Regas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 508.

    #40,371
    rank among US surnames
    542
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #40,552)

    Who is named Regas

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Regas identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Regas

    Regas has the Soundex code R220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R220.

    Other Catalan surnames

    All 39 Catalan surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Regas come from?
    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).
    How common is the surname Regas?
    542 people in the United States had the surname Regas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. It ranked 40,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Regas?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Regas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Regas?
    Regas is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Regas getting more or less common?
    More common. 508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 542 in 2010, up 6.7%.