Explore the Family Name Renney

The meaning of Renney

1. Probably an altered form of Renne. 2. English and Irish: variant of Rainey.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Renney in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Renney has seen a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked as the 63,812th most popular surname, while by 2010 it had dropped to 83,834th place, marking a significant decline of 31.38%. The number of individuals with the Renney surname also declined during this period, falling from 292 to 224, a reduction of 23.29%. The proportion of people with the Renney surname per 100,000 population also fell by 27.27%, dropping from 0.11 to 0.08.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#63,812	#83,834	-31.38%
Count	292	224	-23.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.08	-27.27%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Renney

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Renney identified as White in both 2000 (87.67%) and 2010 (83.04%), although the proportion decreased by 5.28% over the decade. There was no record of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or of two or more races in either year. The proportion of individuals identifying as Hispanic increased significantly from 5.48% in 2000 to 9.38% in 2010, showing an increase of 71.17%. The percentage of those identifying as Black decreased slightly from 5.14% to 4.46%, a decline of 13.23%. Notably, in 2010, there was a small proportion (2.23%) identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, which was not present in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	87.67%	83.04%	-5.28%
Hispanic	5.48%	9.38%	71.17%
Black	5.14%	4.46%	-13.23%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	2.23%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%