Rehnquist

English

Etymology

Americanized form of Swedish Rehnqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ren (“strip of land”) + kvist (“twig”).

Proper noun

Rehnquist (plural Rehnquists)

1. A surname from Swedish.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rehnquist is the 208022^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 96 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rehnquist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears