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    The surname Rinne

    A Finnish place surname, carried by 583 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R500

    Rinne: #38,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rinne #38,050, 583 people Rinne: #38,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rinne #38,050, 583 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rinne is more common than 76.5% of them.

    Origin

    Finnish origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Finnish Rinne, a topographic or ornamental surname from rinne (“slope”). * Borrowed from German Rinne, a topographic surname from Middle High German rinne (“stream, spring; channel, pipe, groove”).

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 583 people named Rinne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 529,581 Americans. That is down 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 812.

    #38,050
    rank among US surnames
    583
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -28.2%
    change since 2000 (was #27,848)

    Who is named Rinne

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

    95% of people named Rinne identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rinnes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Antti Rinne
      45th Prime Minister of Finland, born 1962

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rinne

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rinne come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Finnish Rinne, a topographic or ornamental surname from rinne (“slope”). * Borrowed from German Rinne, a topographic surname from Middle High German rinne (“stream, spring; channel, pipe, groove”).
    How common is the surname Rinne?
    583 people in the United States had the surname Rinne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 529,581 Americans. It ranked 38,050th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rinne?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rinne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Rinne?
    Antti Rinne, 45th Prime Minister of Finland.
    Where is the surname Rinne most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rinne in Finland.
    What type of surname is Rinne?
    Rinne is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Rinne getting more or less common?
    Less common. 812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 583 in 2010, down 28%.