The Reina surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,180 people carried this name — #7,915 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 25% from 3,356 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Reina surname
From reina (“queen”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Reina» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,774 people named Reina 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
183 people named Reina live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 182 people named Reina.
Most of them — 110 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 63 people named Reina live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
41 people named Reina is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Reina in American newspapers,
1851.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 67,892 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Reina,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domenico Reina 1796–1843 · opera singer -
Calcedonio Reina 1843–1911 · writer -
Placido Reina d. 1671 · historian
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Francisco de Reyna d. 1659 · painter
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Sisto Reina 1623–1664 · composer
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Giuseppe Reina 1759–1836 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reina.
- Reig 117 · U.S. census
- Reigner 278 · U.S. census
- Reiland 1,079 · U.S. census
- Reimann 2,372 · U.S. census
- Reimel 277 · U.S. census
- Rein 4,199 · U.S. census
- Reinard 716 · U.S. census
- Reinbold 1,377 · U.S. census
- Reinbolt 395 · U.S. census
- Reine 728 · U.S. census
- Reiner 5,202 · U.S. census
- Reinert 5,450 · U.S. census
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