Find out how popular the last name Reinhardt is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Reinhardt.

Reinhardt, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Reinhardt surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Reinhardt in America

Reinhardt is the 2973rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Reinhardt surname appeared 12,057 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 people would have the surname Reinhardt.

We can also compare 2010 data for Reinhardt to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Reinhardt

The surname REINHARDT is a German occupational surname derived from the Middle High German words "rein" meaning "pure" and "hart" meaning "hardy" or "strong". It originally referred to someone who worked in the purification process of metals or other materials, likely a refiner or smelter.

In its earliest recorded forms, the name appeared as "Reinhart" or "Reinehart" in various German regions during the 13th and 14th centuries. The name was particularly prevalent in the areas of Saxony, Bavaria, and the Rhineland, where metalworking and mining were important industries.

One of the earliest documented references to the name REINHARDT can be found in the "Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae" from 1298, which mentions a "Reinhard von Weissenfels". Other early records include the "Würzburger Lehenbuch" from 1317, listing a "Reinhard von Rennweg".

In the 15th century, the name REINHARDT appeared in various spellings such as "Reinhart", "Reinhardt", and "Reinharde" in records from cities like Nuremberg, Augsburg, and Frankfurt. Prominent figures carrying the name during this period included Johann Reinhardt (1460-1523), a German humanist and reformer, and Cyriacus Reinhardt (1485-1546), a German theologian and cartographer.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the REINHARDT surname spread across German-speaking regions and into neighboring countries like Switzerland and Austria. Notable individuals from this time include Hans Reinhardt (1554-1613), a Swiss theologian and reformer, and Johann Friedrich Reinhardt (1667-1722), a German composer and organist.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the REINHARDT name continued to be well-represented in various fields, with figures such as Christian Tobias Reinhardt (1756-1847), a German botanist and naturalist, and Max Reinhardt (1873-1943), an influential Austrian-American theatre director and pioneer of modern staging techniques.

Other significant individuals with the REINHARDT surname throughout history include:

• Georg Friedrich Reinhardt (1768-1854), a German philosopher and educator
• Christian Reinhardt (1876-1935), a Danish actor and theatre director
• Jürgen Reinhardt (1889-1976), a German naval officer during World War II
• Django Reinhardt (1910-1953), a legendary Belgian-Romani jazz guitarist and composer

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Reinhardt

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Reinhardt.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Reinhardt was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Reinhardt has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Reinhardt was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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