The rego Surname
rego Name Meaning and History
- Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of the numerous places in Portugal and Galicia called Rego, named with rego ‘ditch’, ‘channel’, ‘furrow’.
- Dutch: from a Germanic personal name with the first element ragin ‘counsel’ + guda ‘god’, or goda ‘good’, or gauta ‘Goth’.
- Dutch: variant of Rega 2.
- Hungarian (Rego): occupational name for a musician or poet, from rege ‘song’, ‘tale’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Rego's from Mangalore India |
 GeorgeRego
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| Joseph Rego |
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| Rego - India (Mangalore) | Philip Rego | 4 |
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| Looking for Peter Rego | Hilan Jones | 1 |
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| Cuban/Spanish connection | Elena Isabel Rego | 3 |
| Orign of the Surname Rego | George Rego | 2 |
| Rego of New Bedford, Mass | Rego | 18 |
| Spanish roots | Gabriel Rego | 8 |
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