How common is the surname Renz?

3,137 people in the United States had the surname Renz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,421 Americans. It ranked 10,278th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Renz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Renz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Renz getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,137 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Renz

A surname, carried by 3,137 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Renz is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,137 people named Renz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,421 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,203.

#10,278

rank among US surnames

3,137

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,337)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,274	Mulhern	3,138	98,389
#10,278	Renz	3,137	98,421
#10,280	Pipes	3,136	98,452
#10,284	Takacs	3,135	98,483
#10,286	Jayne	3,134	98,515
#10,287	Ferrera	3,133	98,546

Who is named Renz

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

94% of people named Renz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Renz

Renz 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 Renz?: 3,137 people in the United States had the surname Renz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,421 Americans. It ranked 10,278th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Renz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Renz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Renz getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,137 in 2010, down 2.1%.