Surname 任 (Ren 
, 任 ) , worldwide, is a prevalent last name. The family name 任 is habitual in China, where it is a common surname, Cayman Islands, and Bermuda, where it is quite a common surname (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in China, Malaysia, and the United States. Very seldom, 任 is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Ren | Germany, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, United States |
| 任 | China |
| 任道 Tang dynasty person CBDB = 138873, CN (b. 585) |
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| 任頤 Chinese painter, CN (b. 1840) |
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任卓宣 Chinese political scientist (1896-1990), TW (b. 1896) |
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| 任珮瑛 Qing dynasty person CBDB = 53984, MO (b. 1851) |
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任弼时 Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1904-1950), CN (b. 1904) |
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| 任文燦 Republic of China person CBDB = 74456, CN (b. 1863) |
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任劍輝 Chinese actress, Cantonese opera performer, CN (b. 1913) |
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任以都 Chinese historian, CN (b. 1921) |
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| 任鳳苞 CN (b. 1876) |
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任筑山 Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics U.S. Department of Agriculture, CN (b. 1939) |
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任正非 Chinese businessman, CN (b. 1944) |
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任志强 Chinese princeling and businessman, expelled from the CPC, CN (b. 1951) |
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任煒雄 association football player, CN (b. 1962) |
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| 任美锷 Chinese geologist, CN (b. 1913) |
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| 任新民 Chinese scientist, CN (b. 1915) |
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