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    The surname Renier

    A French surname, carried by 527 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R560

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Renier is more common than 74.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Borrowed from French Renier.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 527 people named Renier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 585,855 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 532.

    #41,303
    rank among US surnames
    527
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #38,992)

    Who is named Renier

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

    90% of people named Renier identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Reniers

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jérémie Renier
      Belgian actor, born 1981
    • Paolo Renier
      119th, and penultimate, Doge of Venice
    • Pascal Renier
      Belgian footballer, born 1971
    • Yannick Renier
      Belgian actor, born 1975
    • Alphonse Renier
      Belgian footballer

    Notable Reniers come mostly from Belgium (4) and Republic of Venice (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Renier

    Renier has the Soundex code R560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R560.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Renier come from?
    Borrowed from French Renier.
    How common is the surname Renier?
    527 people in the United States had the surname Renier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 585,855 Americans. It ranked 41,303rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Renier?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Renier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Renier?
    Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor, followed by Paolo Renier.
    Where is the surname Renier most common?
    Wikidata records people named Renier in Belgium and Republic of Venice.
    Is the surname Renier getting more or less common?
    Less common. 532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 527 in 2010, down 0.9%.