The Reyna surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 35,291 people carried this name — #987 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,360 people counted. That is up 30% from 27,215 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Reyna surname

Inherited from Old Spanish reyna (“queen”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Reyna» (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 11,286 people named Reyna 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 5,361
Buenos Aires Province 2,704
Santa Fe 634
City of Buenos Aires 489
Tucumán 424
Mendoza 339
Entre Ríos 221
San Juan 135

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 35 people named Reyna.

Most of them — 23 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Loiret.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Loiret 3
Hauts-de-Seine 3
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 1
Aude 1
Hérault 1
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1
Vaucluse 1
Martinique 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

26 people named Reyna live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 11
Vaud 8
Basel-Stadt 4
Bern 3

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 print

Reyna in American newspapers,
1881–1897.

Newspaper page from Gazeta De Puerto-Rico carrying the name Reyna
Gazeta De Puerto-Rico 1881-02-17
Newspaper page from Pine Bluff Daily Graphic carrying the name Reyna
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic 1897-09-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,153 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Reyna in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1960s.

50 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Reyna. The most, 17, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 12
South Australia 5
Western Australia 5
Victoria 4
Queensland 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Reyna.

Who carried it

People named Reyna,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Walter Reyna
    Walter Reyna 1901– · actor
  • Cornelio Reyna
    Cornelio Reyna 1940–1997 · musician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 53 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Reyna,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States744 records

744 records of the Reyna name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 463
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 119
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Apolonio Reyna

    Born 1909 in Texas. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Sam Houston; plumber from Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johann Reyna

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Suevia from Hamburg and Havre, aged 24; laborer. From Szyinkowo, Prussia, Germany; bound for Philadelphia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Samuel Reyna

    Born 1946; from Corpus Christi, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 744 records for Reyna in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

France13 records

13 records of the Reyna name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jeanne Josette Anna Reyna

    Born 1937 in Algeria; died 1997 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Alain Joachim Reyna

    Born 1950 in Gien (Loiret); died 1999 in Nemours (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Antoinette Reyna

    Born 1924 in Sainte-Luce; died 2001 in Les Trois-Îlets (Martinique).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Reyna in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Reyna.

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