Reger
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from the Germanic elements seen in Reiher and RAGIN
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 18 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ˈɹiɡɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Reger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 21K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 107K
- IEIreland≈1 in 40K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 267 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,800 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from the Germanic elements seen in Reiher and RAGIN
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Reger counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Reger | 126 |
| US United States | 3,101 | 1 in 107K | 3.1K | Reger | 267 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 199K | 79 | Reger | 59 |
| IT Italy | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 200K | — | Reger | 2 |
| CA Canada | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 157K | — | Reger | 43 |
| IE Ireland | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Reger | 2 |
| AT Austria | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 74K | — | Reger | 16 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Reger is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, comparative degree of rege
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, to rule, manage, conduct (music)
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
In Portuguese, to govern, rule, administer
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In stq, grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, imperativ of regere
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Carl Regerb. 1867composer
- Elsa Regerb. 1870DEMax Reger's wife and estate manager
- Tadeusz Regerb. 1872PLPolish politician
- Max Regerb. 1873DEGerman composer, pianist and conductor (1873-1916)
- Witold Regerb. 1876PLPolish journalist
- Karl Regerb. 1930DEBishop of Aachen (1930–2024)
- John Regerb. 1931USAmerican football player (1931-2013)
- Günther Regerb. 1951DEGerman painter (born 1951)
- Guido Regerb. 1958DEGerman economist
- Gary RegerUSAmerican epigrapher and historian
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)32 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.1K | #10,391 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.9K | #10,123 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.8K | #10,948 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 79 | #38,380 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Reger mean, and where does it come from?
- from the Germanic elements seen in Reiher and RAGIN Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Reger?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹiɡɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Reger have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 thousand people named Reger in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled reger.
- How common is the name Reger?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,101 people named Reger in 2010, about 1 in 107 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Reger?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/regerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Reger”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.