This information is from the US Census Bureau and posted on this site mongabay.com
| Surname | Rank in US | # in US | Frequency out of every 100,000 |
| Renstrom | 32939 | 656 | 0.24 |
| Smith | 1 | 2,376,206 | 880.85 |
"RENSTROM is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.
RENSTROM ranks # 32939 in terms of the most common surnames in the United States for 2000.
RENSTROM had 656 occurences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.
Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, RENSTROM would occur an average of 0.24 times.
Race / ethnic origin
The race categories shown in these files are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups: "White only", "Black only", "American Indian and Alaskan Native only", "Asian and Pacific Islander only", "Two or More Races", and "Hispanic".
For the last name of RENSTROM the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:
98.17 percent, or 644 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only"
Insignificant percent, or Less than 100 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic Black Only"
0 percent, or Less than 100 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only"
Insignificant percent, or Less than 100 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native"
0.76 percent, or 5 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races"
0.91 percent, or 6 total occurences, were "Hispanic Origin"
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"SMITH is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.
SMITH ranks # 1 in terms of the most common surnames in the United States for 2000.
SMITH had 2,376,206 occurences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.
Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, SMITH would occur an average of 880.85 times.
Race / ethnic origin
The race categories shown in these files are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups: "White only", "Black only", "American Indian and Alaskan Native only", "Asian and Pacific Islander only", "Two or More Races", and "Hispanic".
For the last name of SMITH the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:
73.35 percent, or 1,742,947 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only"
22.22 percent, or 527,993 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic Black Only"
0.4 percent, or 9,505 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only"
0.85 percent, or 20,198 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native"
1.63 percent, or 38,732 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races"
1.56 percent, or 37,069 total occurences, were "Hispanic Origin"
NOTE: Fields suppressed for confidentiality are assigned the value "Insignifcant"
The presentation of data on this site focuses on summarized aggregates of counts and characteristics associated with surnames, and, as such, do not in any way identify any specific individuals.
All data is dervied from David L. Word, Charles D. Coleman, Robert Nunziata and Robert Kominski (2008). "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000". U.S. Census Bureau."
I had a request for information on some of our other Surnames:
| Surname | Rank in US | # in US | Frequency out of every 100,000 |
| Smith | 1 | 2,376,206 | 880.85 |
| Berg | 637 | 48,480 | 17.97 |
| Lindeman | 6479 | 4,974 | 1.8 |
| Renstrom | 32939 | 656 | 0.24 |
| Thorup | 49159 | 402 | 0.15 |
It looks like our Thorup surname is even less common with only 402 Thorups listed in the United States as of 2000.
