How common is the surname Reno?

9,322 people in the United States had the surname Reno in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,120 Americans. It ranked 3,794th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reno?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Reno identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Reno?

Jesse W. Reno, American inventor (1861–1947).

Where is the surname Reno most common?

Wikidata records people named Reno in the United States.

How do you pronounce Reno?

Reno is /ˈriːnoʊ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Reno getting more or less common?

More common. 9,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,322 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Reno

A surname, carried by 9,322 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈriːnoʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex R500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reno is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Named after U.S. officer Jesse L. Reno, whose surname's spelling was changed from Renault.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,322 people named Reno in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,120 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,053.

#3,794

rank among US surnames

9,322

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #3,609)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,785	André	9,358	32,993
#3,786	McGrew	9,354	33,007
#3,787	Scholl	9,351	33,017
#3,788	Tarver	9,341	33,053
#3,789	Clough	9,339	33,060
#3,790	Hennessy	9,338	33,063
#3,791	Rosenbaum	9,333	33,081

Who is named Reno

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

89% of people named Reno identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Renos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jesse W. Reno
American inventor (1861–1947)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reno

Reno has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

Questions

Where does the surname Reno come from?: Named after U.S. officer Jesse L. Reno, whose surname's spelling was changed from Renault.
How common is the surname Reno?: 9,322 people in the United States had the surname Reno in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,120 Americans. It ranked 3,794th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reno?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Reno identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Reno?: Jesse W. Reno, American inventor (1861–1947).
Where is the surname Reno most common?: Wikidata records people named Reno in the United States.
How do you pronounce Reno?: Reno is /ˈriːnoʊ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Reno getting more or less common?: More common. 9,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,322 in 2010, up 3.0%.