How common is the surname Rein?

4,199 people in the United States had the surname Rein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,528 Americans. It ranked 7,882nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rein getting more or less common?

More common. 3,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,199 in 2010, up 5.0%.

Is Rein also a first name?

Yes. Rein is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rein

A German place surname, carried by 4,199 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). Rein is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Rein, comparable to the first element of several surnames such as Reinhardt, Reinbold, etc., from Proto-Germanic *raginą. * As an English surname, variant of Rain. Possibly also a habitational surname related to Rhine.

Rein is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 4,199 people named Rein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,528 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,998.

#7,882

rank among US surnames

4,199

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #7,676)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,875	Horgan	4,202	73,476
#7,876	Pasillas	4,201	73,493
#7,880	McGlynn	4,200	73,511
#7,882	Fritsch	4,199	73,528
#7,885	Gallaher	4,198	73,546

Who is named Rein

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

91% of people named Rein identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rein

Rein 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 Rein come from?: * As a German surname, borrowed from German Rein, comparable to the first element of several surnames such as Reinhardt, Reinbold, etc., from Proto-Germanic *raginą. * As an English surname, variant of Rain. Possibly also a habitational surname related to Rhine.
How common is the surname Rein?: 4,199 people in the United States had the surname Rein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,528 Americans. It ranked 7,882nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rein?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Rein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Rein?: Rein is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Rein getting more or less common?: More common. 3,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,199 in 2010, up 5.0%.
Is Rein also a first name?: Yes. Rein is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.