Ren surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Ren surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,333 people carried this name — #12,241 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 116,300 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

205 people named Ren have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 329 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Greater Poland 99
Lublin 33
Masovian 16
Silesian 16
Lubusz 11
Lower Silesian 8
Subcarpathian 7
Holy Cross 6

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

139 people named Ren live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 32
Vaud 26
Ticino 24
Bern 16
Geneva 15
Basel-Stadt 6
Jura 5
Zug 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Ren.

Most of them — 62 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 62
Côtes-d’Armor 9
Paris 6
Hautes-Pyrénées 4
Isère 4
Loire-Atlantique 2
Calvados 2
Gironde 1
Haute-Garonne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

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