How common is the surname Rehm?

3,637 people in the United States had the surname Rehm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,890 Americans. It ranked 8,993rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rehm?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rehm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rehm?

Diane Rehm, American public radio talk show host.

Where is the surname Rehm most common?

Wikidata records people named Rehm in the United States.

Is the surname Rehm getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,637 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Rehm

A German surname, carried by 3,637 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rehm is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German surname, from Middle High German Rehm; see Remy. Also from the noun Rahmen (“frame, loom”); see Riemer.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,637 people named Rehm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,890 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,654.

#8,993

rank among US surnames

3,637

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,334)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,986	Helsel	3,641	84,797
#8,989	Morman	3,640	84,820
#8,990	Lindell	3,639	84,844
#8,993	Rehm	3,637	84,890
#8,994	Patricio	3,636	84,914
#8,999	Turgeon	3,635	84,937

Who is named Rehm

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Rehm identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rehms

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Diane Rehm
American public radio talk show host, born 1936

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rehm

Rehm has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rehm come from?: From the German surname, from Middle High German Rehm; see Remy. Also from the noun Rahmen (“frame, loom”); see Riemer.
How common is the surname Rehm?: 3,637 people in the United States had the surname Rehm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,890 Americans. It ranked 8,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rehm?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rehm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rehm?: Diane Rehm, American public radio talk show host.
Where is the surname Rehm most common?: Wikidata records people named Rehm in the United States.
Is the surname Rehm getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,637 in 2010, down 0.5%.