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    The surname Renfroe

    A surname, carried by 4,822 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R516

    Renfroe: #6,956 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Renfroe #6,956, 4,822 people Renfroe: #6,956 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Renfroe #6,956, 4,822 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Renfroe is more common than 95.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,822 people named Renfroe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,029 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,664.

    #6,956
    rank among US surnames
    4,822
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #6,677)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,952Hinrichs4,82563,989
    #6,954Summerlin4,82464,002
    #6,955Bly4,82364,015
    #6,956Waltman4,82264,029

    Who is named Renfroe

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

    78% of people named Renfroe identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Renfroes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alex Renfroe
      American basketball player, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Renfroe

    Renfroe has the Soundex code R516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R516.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Renfroe?
    4,822 people in the United States had the surname Renfroe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,029 Americans. It ranked 6,956th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Renfroe?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Renfroe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Renfroe?
    Alex Renfroe, American basketball player.
    Where is the surname Renfroe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Renfroe in the United States.
    Is the surname Renfroe getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,822 in 2010, up 3.4%.