How common is the surname Renteria?

27,976 people in the United States had the surname Renteria in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,036 Americans. It ranked 1,256th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Renteria?

Edgar Rentería, baseball player.

Where is the surname Renteria most common?

Wikidata records people named Renteria in Colombia.

Is the surname Renteria getting more or less common?

More common. 21,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,976 in 2010, up 32%.

The surname Renteria

A Spanish place surname, carried by 27,976 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex R536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Renteria is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish Rentería, a Castilianization of Basque Errenteria, a habitational name from either of two Basque towns in Gipuzkoa and Biscay provinces.

Renteria is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 27,976 people named Renteria in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,036 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,159.

#1,256

rank among US surnames

27,976

people in 2010

9.5

per 100,000 Americans

+32.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,558)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,247	Arthur	28,102	10,987
#1,248	Grace	28,098	10,988
#1,249	Baca	28,082	10,994
#1,250	Rutherford	28,079	10,996
#1,251	Sorensen	28,069	11,000
#1,252	McCray	28,024	11,017
#1,253	Hastings	28,015	11,021

Who is named Renteria

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

95% of people named Renteria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Renterias

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edgar Rentería
Baseball player, born 1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Renteria

Renteria has the Soundex code R536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R536.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Renteria come from?: From Spanish Rentería, a Castilianization of Basque Errenteria, a habitational name from either of two Basque towns in Gipuzkoa and Biscay provinces.
How common is the surname Renteria?: 27,976 people in the United States had the surname Renteria in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,036 Americans. It ranked 1,256th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Renteria?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Renteria identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Renteria?: Edgar Rentería, baseball player.
Where is the surname Renteria most common?: Wikidata records people named Renteria in Colombia.
What type of surname is Renteria?: Renteria is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Renteria getting more or less common?: More common. 21,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,976 in 2010, up 32%.