The Regina surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,646 people carried this name — #17,202 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,546 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 377 people named Regina live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 162 people named Regina.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Martinique.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Regina live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
142 people named Regina are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Regina,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vincenzo Regina 1910–2009 · Catholic priest -
Vincenzo Regina 1910–2009 · Catholic priest
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Umberto Regina 1937–2024 · philosopher
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Maria Regina 1942–2013 · actor
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Paul Regina 1956–2006 · screenwriter
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Maria Regina 1956– · singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Regina.
- Regent 139 · U.S. census
- Reger 3,101 · U.S. census
- Reggiani 112 · U.S. census
- Reggio 402 · U.S. census
- Regimbal 298 · U.S. census
- Regin 103 · U.S. census
- Reginato 245 · U.S. census
- Regis 3,076 · U.S. census
- Regner 1,128 · U.S. census
- Regnery 157 · U.S. census
- Regnier 2,488 · U.S. census
- Rego 5,342 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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