Renfrew
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English
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Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Rinn Friù. from Old British rhyn frwd meaning "point at the current".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Renfrew (countable and uncountable, plural Renfrews)
- A town in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland; historically it was the county town of Renfrewshire (OS grid ref NS5067).
- A local government district of the Strathclyde Region, Scotland, between 1975 and 1996, which was split between Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire council areas.
- A town in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
- A ghost town in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Benewah County, Idaho, United States.
- An unincorporated village in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rennfrew is the 35812th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 627 individuals. Renfrew is most common among White (94.1%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Renfrew”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.