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    The surname Rinke

    A surname, carried by 1,009 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R520

    Rinke: #24,718 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rinke #24,718, 1,009 people Rinke: #24,718 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rinke #24,718, 1,009 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rinke is more common than 84.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,009 people named Rinke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,992 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 996.

    #24,718
    rank among US surnames
    1,009
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #23,721)

    Who is named Rinke

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

    97% of people named Rinke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rinke

    Rinke 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 Rinke?
    1,009 people in the United States had the surname Rinke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,992 Americans. It ranked 24,718th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rinke?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Rinke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Rinke getting more or less common?
    More common. 996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,009 in 2010, up 1.3%.