The Renfrow surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,972 people carried this name — #8,337 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,996 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Renfrow surname

Variant of Renfrew.

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

In print

Renfrow in American newspapers,
1848–1920.

Newspaper page from Rockingham Post-dispatch carrying the name Renfrow
Rockingham Post-dispatch 1920-06-10
Newspaper page from The Daily Crescent carrying the name Renfrow
The Daily Crescent 1848-09-30
Newspaper page from Bogalusa Enterprise And American carrying the name Renfrow
Bogalusa Enterprise And American 1919-02-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,749 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Renfrow in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

101 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Renfrow. The most, 30, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 91
Victoria 7
Queensland 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Renfrow.

Who carried it

People named Renfrow,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Cary Renfrow
    William Cary Renfrow 1845–1922 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Renfrow,
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 States184 records

184 records of the Renfrow name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 141
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 39
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Paul W. Renfrow

    Born 1921 in Nebraska. Enlisted 1942 at Portland, Oregon; farm hand from Multnomah County, Oregon. U.S. Army veteran; died 1962, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Billy Joe Renfrow

    Born 1949; from Winnsboro, Louisiana. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Donald Ray Renfrow

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1938, died 1998; buried at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nevada.

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

Showing 3 of 184 records for Renfrow in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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