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Early Origins of the Rentería family

The surname Rentería was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia), the largest city and the capital of Emilia-Romagna Region. The famous University of Bolgna was founded in the 11th century, by the 13th century the student body was nearlt 10,000. Dante and Petrarch studied there. Tisso was tried there for 1564 for writing satirical poems. Bologna naturally, is famous for its sausages. But many noted scholars were born there. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time was in itself a family honor.

Early History of the Rentería family

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Rentería Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Renghieri, Ringhierio, Rengerra, Rinterra and others.

Early Notables of the Rentería family

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Rentería Ranking

In the United States, the name Rentería is the 2,242nd most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 1


Rentería migration to the United States +



Rentería Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Pedro Renteria, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1882 2
Rentería Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Jose Harris Renteria, who arrived in Alabama in 1924 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Rentería (post 1700) +

  • Tony Renteria (b. 1964), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 2004 3
  • Gerard C. Renteria, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2008 4
  • Anita Renteria, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2004 4
  • Alvin Heider Renteria (b. 1978), male triple jumper from Colombia
  • Delio "Maravilla" Gamboa Renteria (b. 1936), Colombian football player
  • Luis Renteria (b. 1988), Panamanian football forward
  • Carlos Alveiro Renteria (b. 1986), Colombian footballer
  • Jaqueline Renteria (b. 1986), female wrestler from Colombia
  • Wason Libardo Renteria (b. 1985), Colombian footballer


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. 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)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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