Ren Family History
Ren Name Meaning
English: unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Wren.Dutch (de Ren): origin unexplained.Variant
spelling of German Renn.Swedish: soldier’s name, from
ren ‘reindeer’.Chinese : from the name of
Rencheng ‘Ren City’, which was granted to Yu Yang, the 25th son
of the Emperor Huang Di (2697–2595 bc). Some of his
descendants later adopted the place name as their surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Ren
Name Distribution of Ren Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ren families
 9 - 15  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ren families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Ren Family Origin
Ren Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Ren Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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