Regniers Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Regniers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Regniers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1151:99,97115,234
France191:3,495,933219,029
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Régniers (3) are calculated separately.

Regniers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Regniers Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Regniers is most common in Belgium. It can also be found in the variant forms: Régniers. Click here for other possible spellings of Regniers.

How Common Is The Last Name Regniers? popularity and diffusion

Regniers is the 1,511,557th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Regniers reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 99,971. In Belgium Regniers is mostly found in: Walloon Region, where 45 percent live, Flemish Region, where 28 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 27 percent live. Outside of Belgium this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 14 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Regniers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Regniers has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Régniers963/
Reygniers941/
Reniers932,833/
Regners931/
Reyniers881,704/
Reiniers88146/
Reynierse82321/
Reijniers8281/
Reinierse825/
Reigngers821/
Rengers801,549/
Ryniers8029/
Renyers801/
Reijnierse78363/
Reniersová786/
Rijniers7564/
Rynierse7517/
Rayniers751/
Reingers751/
Rijnierse71164/
Ringers67220/
Rijniersce6711/
Rainierce591/
Rinehears590/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Regniers
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