German: of uncertain origin; in the northwest of Germany it is most
probably a topographic name from a field name based on run
‘mud’, which gave rise to several place names in the Rhine-Ruhr area,
for example Runten, Runtenberg, Rünthe.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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