Ren is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ren
No. of characters: 3
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ren

How popular is Ren?

Ren is common in China.

Ren is ranked 142 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Rens grew by 124.9036 per cent to 5247 since 2000 and ranked 6470 after elevating 5771 spots. The last name was found in around 18 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 84.51 80.28
White 12.31 16.16
Hispanic or Latino 1.39 1.24
Others 0.97 1.59
Black 0.65 0.73
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.17 0
Ren is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in China which signifies that it is originated from China. Around 3362306 people have been found who wears Ren as their family name. Ren is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
927 South Korea9
8,411 Costa Rica4
2,935 Angola3
23,165 Romania3
16,605 Austria3
2,550 Haiti3
25,074 Greece3
10,211 Bulgaria2
89,020 Tanzania2
44,018 Poland2
4,231 Jamaica2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
14,521 Portugal2
17,692 Armenia2
2,152 Niger2
28,232 Morocco2
5,859 Mauritius2
20,837 Venezuela2
14,408 Uruguay2
6,353 Panama2
7,198 Maldives1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
13,447 Uganda1
9,116 Nicaragua1
3,243 Suriname1
2,578 Guam1
510 East Timor1
10,683 Cyprus1
34,581 Chile1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
2,211 Brunei1
8,181 Botswana1
7,314 Bolivia1
846 American Samoa1
28,746 Algeria1
3,586 Honduras1
29,595 Iran1
49,529 Israel1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
17,768 Pakistan1
11,510 Oman1
5,872 Namibia1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,935 Madagascar1
6,967 Macedonia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
2,490 Japan30
3,873 Thailand24
56,292 Czech Republic17
7,643 Trinidad and Tobago11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
86,456 Indonesia95
6,636 Ecuador92
4,308 Ireland82
12,039 Colombia70
18,012 Peru57
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Ren:
596 Singapore828
1,882 Guatemala738
51,123 India589
4,024 Malaysia582
9,234 Spain413
25,595 Italy381
12,518 Mexico340
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
3,846 Sweden254
5,304 Switzerland225
3,758 New Zealand204
26,800 Argentina194
30,064 South Africa183
16,801 Netherlands164
3,954 Denmark152
5,195 Norway144
4,243 Scotland138
5,813 Finland133
15,081 Belgium119
524 Macau107
Countries with thousands of Ren:
7,595 United States4,980
688 Cambodia3,127
266 Taiwan2,665
4,463 Turkey2,096
4,573 Germany1,984
4,115 France1,959
2,754 Canada1,757
271 Hong Kong1,625
11,003 Philippines1,353
11,393 Brazil1,192
1,569 Vietnam1,192
2,666 Australia1,166
6,503 England1,076
Countries with millions of Ren:
80 China3,329,275
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 18 years old immigrant John Ren who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on October 19, 1848 by Colonist put out from Liverpool. Patrick Ren, aged 18, 16 years old Catherine Ren, 19 years old Catherine Ren, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

Celeste Ren worked as upholsterer and hailed from Italy. 32 years old embarked for New York from Havre on La Champagne and arrived on July 10, 1893. Matteo Ren (17) Country man, are others that migrated to US.

Ren Namesakes

  • Matteo Renzi, Prime Minister of Italy
  • Abelardo René Nanita, Author
  • Gordon Rennie, Writer
  • Ade Renner Thomas, Lawyer
  • Adele René, Actress
  • Gordon Rennie, Writer
  • Gustav Renker, Journalist
  • Adrien René Franchet, Botanist
  • Adele René, Actress
  • The Renegade, Professional wrestler
  • Suxi Ren, from 2016 comedy, thriller flick Absurd Accident, who played N.
  • In 2018 thriller flick, Grim City, Tris Ren played Liz.
  • Yan-Kai Ren, from 2015 romance flick Nan shen shi dai, who characterized the N.
  • In 2016 horror, thriller movie, Kong bu jiang ying, Jiao Ren played Yin Zhen.
  • Shan Ren, from 2014 drama flick Yellow River Aria, who portrayed the N.
  • In 1926, Aizhu Ren played the role of N in 0 film Gongrenzhi Qi.
  • In 2016, Xinyu Ren characterized the role of She in romance movie Fatal Love.
  • Jie Ren played the small character of N in 2012 documentary flick Matters of Life and Death.

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