Regis Family History
Regis Name Meaning
French (Régis): occupational name for a local
dignitary, from a derivative of Old French régir ‘to rule or
manage’.French (Régis) and English: from Latin
regis, genitive case of rex ‘king’, perhaps an
occupational name for someone employed in the royal household, or a
patronymic from a nickname.Italian: from Re, probably from
an ablative form.German: habitational name from a place so
named in Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Regis Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Regis families
 10 - 17  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Regis families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Regis census records
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Regis Family Origin
Regis Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Regis
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Regis Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Regis census records
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