How common is the surname Reger?

3,101 people in the United States had the surname Reger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,563 Americans. It ranked 10,391st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reger?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Reger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Reger?

Karl Reger, Bishop of Aachen (1930–2024).

Where is the surname Reger most common?

Wikidata records people named Reger in Germany.

Is the surname Reger getting more or less common?

More common. 2,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,101 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Reger

A German surname, carried by 3,101 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reger is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Reger.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,101 people named Reger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,563 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,929.

#10,391

rank among US surnames

3,101

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,123)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,382	Donohoe	3,103	99,499
#10,387	Tyus	3,102	99,531
#10,391	Carnevale	3,101	99,563
#10,395	Felty	3,100	99,595
#10,396	Vasques	3,099	99,627

Who is named Reger

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

95% of people named Reger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Regers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Reger
Bishop of Aachen (1930–2024)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Reagor

Surnames that sound like Reger

Reger has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Reger come from?: Borrowed from German Reger.
How common is the surname Reger?: 3,101 people in the United States had the surname Reger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,563 Americans. It ranked 10,391st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reger?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Reger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Reger?: Karl Reger, Bishop of Aachen (1930–2024).
Where is the surname Reger most common?: Wikidata records people named Reger in Germany.
Is the surname Reger getting more or less common?: More common. 2,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,101 in 2010, up 5.9%.
What are other spellings of Reger?: Reagor.