How common is the surname Rink?

3,099 people in the United States had the surname Rink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,627 Americans. It ranked 10,396th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rink?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rink identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rink getting more or less common?

More common. 2,905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,099 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Rink

A surname, carried by 3,099 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). Rink is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,099 people named Rink in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,627 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,905.

#10,396

rank among US surnames

3,099

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,191)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,387	Tyus	3,102	99,531
#10,391	Carnevale	3,101	99,563
#10,395	Felty	3,100	99,595
#10,396	Vasques	3,099	99,627
#10,402	Faller	3,097	99,692
#10,405	Lipp	3,096	99,724

Who is named Rink

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

94% of people named Rink identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rink

Rink 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 Rink?: 3,099 people in the United States had the surname Rink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,627 Americans. It ranked 10,396th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rink?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rink identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rink getting more or less common?: More common. 2,905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,099 in 2010, up 6.7%.