The Renfro surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,806 people carried this name — #3,623 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (9,781).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Renfro surname

Variant of Renfrew.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Renfro» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Renfro in American newspapers,
1897–1930.

Newspaper page from The Record-union carrying the name Renfro
The Record-union 1897-11-03
Newspaper page from The Gary American carrying the name Renfro
The Gary American 1930-06-07
Newspaper page from The Glenwood Post carrying the name Renfro
The Glenwood Post 1919-09-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,010 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Renfro,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ray Renfro
    Ray Renfro 1929–1997 · American football player
  • Ruby Florence Renfro 1898–1959 · paleontologist
  • Julia Renfro 1901– · journalist
  • Elza Renfro 1902–1935 · athletic director
  • Millicent A. Renfro 1918– · paleontologist
  • Will Renfro 1932–2010 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Renfro,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States541 records

541 records of the Renfro name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 349
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 169
  • Sacramento County historic burials 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jack Renfro

    Born 1919; from Yancey County, North Carolina. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; died of wounds 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond E. Renfro

    Born 1922 in Missouri. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; farm hand from Dade County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Fort Scott National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James H. Renfro

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1837, died 1861; buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 541 records for Renfro in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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