The Rhine surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,779 people carried this name — #8,690 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,728 in 2000.

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In print

Rhine in American newspapers,
1797–1919.

Newspaper page from The Vidette carrying the name Rhine
The Vidette 1919-07-10
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Rhine
The Hattiesburg News 1915-05-26
Newspaper page from The New Hampshire Gazette carrying the name Rhine
The New Hampshire Gazette 1797-01-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Rhine in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

593 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rhine. The most, 108, date from the 1910s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 175
South Australia 143
New South Wales 128
Queensland 110
Western Australia 16
Tasmania 14
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Rhine,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louisa E. Rhine
    Louisa E. Rhine 1891–1983 · botanist
  • Kendall Rhine
    Kendall Rhine 1943–2022 · basketball player
  • Abraham Benedict Rhine 1876–1941 · rabbi
  • Abraham Benedict Rhine 1876–1941 · rabbi
  • Larry Rhine 1910–2000 · screenwriter
  • Ron Rhine 1937–2024 · politician

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 Rhine,
in the records of 4 countries.

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 States290 records

290 records of the Rhine name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 125
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 63
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 34
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 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 Charles W. Rhine

    Born 1924 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Harrisburg; foundry worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at BG William C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, New Jersey.

    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 Vernon Ray Rhine

    Born 1932; from Indiana County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, pioneer; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Catherine Rhine

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Fidelia from Liverpool, aged 18; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 290 records for Rhine in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Rhine name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Louis Rhine

    Arrived in Victoria in 1911 aboard the Cassel, aged 37.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Rhine

    Sailed from Victoria in 1853 aboard the Melbourne Packet, bound for Sydney, aged 26.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Rhine

    Sailed from Victoria in 1864 aboard the Alexandra, bound for Sydney, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Rhine in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Rhine name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elizabeth Rhine

    Married 1867 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Rhine name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johannes Rhine

    From Hamburg. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 29 September 1916; then reported taken prisoner in the list of 14 November 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 31).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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