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    The surname Renwick

    An English place surname, carried by 2,127 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R520

    Renwick: #14,127 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Renwick #14,127, 2,127 people Renwick: #14,127 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Renwick #14,127, 2,127 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Renwick is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English hræfn (“raven”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling-place”).

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,127 people named Renwick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,155 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,046.

    #14,127
    rank among US surnames
    2,127
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #13,609)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,119Tritt2,128145,087
    #14,127Isidro2,127145,155

    Who is named Renwick

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

    81% of people named Renwick identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Renwick

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Renwick come from?
    From Old English hræfn (“raven”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling-place”).
    How common is the surname Renwick?
    2,127 people in the United States had the surname Renwick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,155 Americans. It ranked 14,127th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Renwick?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Renwick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Renwick?
    Renwick is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Renwick getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,046 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,127 in 2010, up 4.0%.
    What are other spellings of Renwick?
    Renick.