How common is the surname Reinecke?

1,544 people in the United States had the surname Reinecke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,965 Americans. It ranked 18,057th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reinecke?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Reinecke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Reinecke?

Edwin Reinecke, American politician (1924–2016).

Where is the surname Reinecke most common?

Wikidata records people named Reinecke in the United States.

Is the surname Reinecke getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,544 in 2010, down 6.1%.

The surname Reinecke

A surname, carried by 1,544 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reinecke is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,544 people named Reinecke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,965 Americans. That is down 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,644.

#18,057

rank among US surnames

1,544

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-6.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,168)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,054	Migliaccio	1,545	199,835
#18,057	Dubiel	1,544	199,965

Who is named Reinecke

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

95% of people named Reinecke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reineckes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edwin Reinecke
American politician (1924–2016)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reinecke

Reinecke has the Soundex code R520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R520.

Questions

How common is the surname Reinecke?: 1,544 people in the United States had the surname Reinecke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,965 Americans. It ranked 18,057th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reinecke?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Reinecke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Reinecke?: Edwin Reinecke, American politician (1924–2016).
Where is the surname Reinecke most common?: Wikidata records people named Reinecke in the United States.
Is the surname Reinecke getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,544 in 2010, down 6.1%.