The Reiner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,202 people carried this name — #6,522 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,951 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
206 people named Reiner live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 148 people named Reiner.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 103 people named Reiner live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
57 people named Reiner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 91 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Reiner live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
40 people named Reiner is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Reiner in American newspapers,
1887.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 796,828 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Reiner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wenzel Lorenz Reiner 1689–1743 · painter -
Christian Reiner d. 1991 · actor
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Jacob Reiner d. 1606 · composer
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Othmar Reiner 1542–1613 · politician
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Jacob Reiner 1559–1606 · composer
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Jacob Reiner 1560–1606 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reiner.
- Rein 4,199 · U.S. census
- Reina 4,180 · U.S. census
- Reinard 716 · U.S. census
- Reinbold 1,377 · U.S. census
- Reinbolt 395 · U.S. census
- Reine 728 · U.S. census
- Reinert 5,450 · U.S. census
- Reinhard 3,893 · U.S. census
- Reinhardt 12,057 · U.S. census
- Reinhart 9,237 · U.S. census
- Reiniche 173 · U.S. census
- Reinier 351 · U.S. census
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