How common is the surname Renshaw?

4,374 people in the United States had the surname Renshaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,587 Americans. It ranked 7,599th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Renshaw?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Renshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Renshaw?

Matt Renshaw, Australian cricketer.

Where is the surname Renshaw most common?

Wikidata records people named Renshaw in Australia.

Is the surname Renshaw getting more or less common?

More common. 4,124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,374 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Renshaw

A surname, carried by 4,374 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Renshaw is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,374 people named Renshaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,587 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,124.

#7,599

rank among US surnames

4,374

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,443)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,593	Sartin	4,377	70,538
#7,595	Claypool	4,376	70,554
#7,597	Mertens	4,375	70,570
#7,599	Renshaw	4,374	70,587
#7,600	Peele	4,373	70,603
#7,601	Bachmann	4,372	70,619

Who is named Renshaw

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

93% of people named Renshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Renshaws

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matt Renshaw
Australian cricketer, born 1996

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Renshaw

Reynosa

Renshaw has the Soundex code R520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R520.

Questions

How common is the surname Renshaw?: 4,374 people in the United States had the surname Renshaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,587 Americans. It ranked 7,599th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Renshaw?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Renshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Renshaw?: Matt Renshaw, Australian cricketer.
Where is the surname Renshaw most common?: Wikidata records people named Renshaw in Australia.
Is the surname Renshaw getting more or less common?: More common. 4,124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,374 in 2010, up 6.1%.