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    The surname Renner

    A surname, carried by 13,889 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R560

    Renner: #2,594 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Renner #2,594, 13,889 people Renner: #2,594 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Renner #2,594, 13,889 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Renner is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,889 people named Renner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,230 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,547.

    #2,594
    rank among US surnames
    13,889
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,448)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,585High13,96122,115
    #2,586Sebastian13,93422,158
    #2,587Donohue13,91922,182
    #2,588Moeller13,91522,188
    #2,589Luther13,90622,202
    #2,590Lofton13,90022,212
    #2,591Myles13,89822,215

    Who is named Renner

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

    94% of people named Renner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Renners

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jeremy Renner
      American actor (born 1971)
    • Thomas Renner
      Austrian athletics competitor, born 1967

    Notable Renners come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Renner

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Renner?
    13,889 people in the United States had the surname Renner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,230 Americans. It ranked 2,594th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Renner?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Renner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Renner?
    Jeremy Renner, American actor (born 1971), followed by Thomas Renner.
    Where is the surname Renner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Renner in the United States and Austria.
    Is the surname Renner getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,547 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,889 in 2010, up 2.5%.