Rink History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Rink family
The surname Rink was first found in Norfolk where conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Ringstead, held by Norman noble Roger de Evreux as an under tenant also at Great Bircham and Old Buckenham in that same county who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. Roger held from William de Scohies who was tenant in chief. Roger was the son of Comte de Evreux, who was the son of Richard 1, Duke of Normandy.
Roger Ringstead (died 1366), was Bishop of Bangor, perhaps a native of Ringstead in Norfolk, educated at Cambridge, where he became doctor and professor of theology. 1
Early History of the Rink family
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Rink Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Ringstead, Ringsted, Ring, Wring and others.
Early Notables of the Rink family
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Rink Ranking
In the United States, the name Rink is the 13,940th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2
Rink migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Rink Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Fredrich Rink, aged 32, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1738 3
- Sebastian Rink, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 3
Rink Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Johannes Rink, aged 25, who arrived in Texas in 1847 aboard the ship "Natchez" 3
- George Rink, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1848 3
- J Rink, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 3
- W Rink, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 3
- Moritz Rink, who landed in America in 1853 3
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Rink Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
- Heinrich Rink, who arrived in Chile in 1910 3
- Hans Carl Rink, who landed in Alabama in 1921 3
Contemporary Notables of the name Rink (post 1700) +
- Jessie Rink, American politician, Delegate to Illinois convention to ratify 21st Amendment, 1933 4
- Donald E. Rink, American politician, Candidate for Circuit Judge in Michigan 44th Circuit, 1974 4
- Arno Rink (1940-2017), German painter
- Paulo Roberto Rink (b. 1973), retired Brazilian-born, German football centre forward
Citations +
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html