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    The surname Riney

    A surname, carried by 2,125 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R500

    Riney: #14,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Riney #14,139, 2,125 people Riney: #14,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Riney #14,139, 2,125 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riney is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,125 people named Riney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,292 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,880.

    #14,139
    rank among US surnames
    2,125
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13%
    change since 2000 (was #14,539)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,137Pavia2,126145,224
    #14,139Fujii2,125145,292
    #14,148Longwell2,124145,360

    Who is named Riney

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

    85% of people named Riney identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Riney

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Riney?
    2,125 people in the United States had the surname Riney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,292 Americans. It ranked 14,139th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Riney?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Riney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Riney getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,880 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,125 in 2010, up 13%.