Renfro
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɹɛnfɹoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Renfro is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Renfrew.
- USUnited States1 in 34K(measured from records)
- CACanada≈1 in 38K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 69K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 357 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
≈23,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
San Marino, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Scottish Gaelic RinnFriù(inferred from the name graph)via Renfrew
- Old Britishrhyn(inferred from the name graph)via Renfrew
Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.
Variant of Renfrew.
Sources 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Renfro counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 61K | — | Renfro | 3 |
| US United States | — | 9,806 | 1 in 34K | 9.8K | Renfro | 357 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈980 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Renfro | 23 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈950 est. | ≈1 in 69K | 7 | Renfro | 20 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 86K | — | Renfro | 6 |
| CU Cuba | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Renfro | 3 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Renfro | 4 |
| JM Jamaica | #879 | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Renfro | 1 |
| SM San Marino | — | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Renfro | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ray Renfrob. 1929USAmerican football player (1929-1997)
- Will Renfrob. 1932USAmerican football player (1932-2010)
- Marli Renfrob. 1938USModel, actress
- Mel Renfrob. 1941USAmerican football player (born 1941)
- Mike Renfrob. 1955USAmerican football player
- Leonard Renfrob. 1970USAmerican football player
- Brad Renfrob. 1982USAmerican actor (1982–2008)
- Kyle Renfrob. 1991USAmerican soccer player
- Nate Renfrob. 1996USAmerican basketball player (born 1996)
- Chris RenfroAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 9.8K | #3,623 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 9.8K | #3,345 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 9.2K | #3,779 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 7 | #182,958 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Renfro mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of Renfrew. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Renfro?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɛnfɹoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Renfro have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 23 thousand people named Renfro in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled renfro.
- How common is the name Renfro?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,806 people named Renfro in 2010, about 1 in 34 thousand residents.
- How common is Renfro compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Renfro is the 879th most common surname of 50,451 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Renfro” — the 879th most common surname in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.