# Reiner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/reiner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,202 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,522 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,351 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (4,951 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹaɪ.nə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Reiner. Doublet of Rayner.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Reiner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Reiner in the United States, Austria, Germany and the Russian Empire.

## People named Reiner

- Carl Reiner, American actor
- Rob Reiner, American filmmaker and actor (1947–2025)
- Estelle Reiner, American actress and singer (1914–2008)
- Alysia Reiner, American actress
- Tracy Reiner, American actress
- Michele Singer Reiner, American film producer and photographer
- Jared Reiner, American basketball player (born 1982)
- Constantin Reiner, Austrian association football player
- Ella Lingens, Austrian physician (1908–2002)
- Ernst Reissner, Baltic German anatomist (1824-1878)

## Similar surnames

Renner, Rainer, Riner, Renier, Reimer, Riemer, Reamer, Remer, Romero, Raynor, Raymer, Ramer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.