Frequency: (486)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German (Rägle): of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of the Swiss family name Regli, which may derive from a Germanic personal name, Ragilo, formed with rag- ‘advice’, but more likely an altered spelling of Regel.
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