How common is the surname Reinke?

5,926 people in the United States had the surname Reinke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,100 Americans. It ranked 5,836th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reinke?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Reinke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Reinke getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,926 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Reinke

A surname, carried by 5,926 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reinke is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,926 people named Reinke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,100 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,062.

#5,836

rank among US surnames

5,926

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,284)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,829	Grimaldo	5,931	52,056
#5,833	Bloomfield	5,928	52,083
#5,835	Fore	5,927	52,091
#5,836	Reinke	5,926	52,100
#5,837	Dizon	5,924	52,118
#5,838	Bentz	5,923	52,127

Who is named Reinke

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

97% of people named Reinke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reinke

Reinke 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 Reinke?: 5,926 people in the United States had the surname Reinke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,100 Americans. It ranked 5,836th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reinke?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Reinke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Reinke getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,926 in 2010, down 2.2%.