Regis surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Regis surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,416 people carried this name — #11,864 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,453 people named Regis.

87 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 départements, most often Aveyron.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 87
Aveyron 180
Tarn 113
Martinique 107
Paris 97
Hérault 89
Bouches-du-Rhône 73
Haute-Garonne 58
Isère 55

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

47 people named Regis live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 15
Basel-Stadt 7
Geneva 7
Neuchâtel 6
Ticino 6
Basel-Landschaft 3
Zurich 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Regis is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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