How common is the surname Renfrow?

3,972 people in the United States had the surname Renfrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,730 Americans. It ranked 8,337th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Renfrow?

Hunter Renfrow, American college football player.

Where is the surname Renfrow most common?

Wikidata records people named Renfrow in the United States.

Is the surname Renfrow getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,972 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Renfrow

A surname, carried by 3,972 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Renfrow is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

Variant of Renfrew.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,972 people named Renfrow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,730 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,996.

#8,337

rank among US surnames

3,972

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,683)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,332	Hollar	3,976	77,652
#8,333	Kapp	3,974	77,691
#8,335	Jardine	3,973	77,711
#8,337	Grainger	3,972	77,730
#8,339	Densmore	3,971	77,750

Who is named Renfrow

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

90% of people named Renfrow identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Renfrows

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hunter Renfrow
American college football player, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Renfrow

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

Questions

Where does the surname Renfrow come from?: Variant of Renfrew.
How common is the surname Renfrow?: 3,972 people in the United States had the surname Renfrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,730 Americans. It ranked 8,337th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Renfrow?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Renfrow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Renfrow?: Hunter Renfrow, American college football player.
Where is the surname Renfrow most common?: Wikidata records people named Renfrow in the United States.
Is the surname Renfrow getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,972 in 2010, down 0.6%.