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)
- A surname, from Swedish.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rehnquist is the 208022nd 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears