Rehn

Rehn is a Scandinavian and German surname, also used in Finland.

Rehn

Origin
Language(s)	Swedish, German
Meaning	?
Region of origin	Sweden, Finland, Germany

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 32.3% of all known bearers of the surname Rehn were residents of Germany (frequency 1:32,130), 25.7% of Sweden (1:4,951), 18.9% of the United States (1:247,942), 7.7% of Finland (1:9,223), 3.6% of Australia (1:84,605), 2.9% of Brazil (1:925,395), 2.1% of Canada (1:227,148), 1.6% of Iraq (1:277,950) and 1.0% of Austria (1:110,576).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,951) in the following counties:

• 1. Jönköping County (1:2,150)
• 2. Västerbotten County (1:2,340)
• 3. Östergötland County (1:2,445)
• 4. Blekinge County (1:3,499)
• 5. Gävleborg County (1:3,590)
• 6. Dalarna County (1:3,781)
• 7. Kalmar County (1:4,727)
• 8. Örebro County (1:4,834)
• 9. Uppsala County (1:4,858)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:9,223) in the following regions:

• 1. Åland (1:1,292)
• 2. Uusimaa (1:4,520)
• 3. Southwest Finland (1:4,750)
• 4. Päijänne Tavastia (1:7,220)
• 5. Southern Savonia (1:7,948)

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:32,130) in the following states:

• 1. Saxony (1:5,539)
• 2. Rhineland-Palatinate (1:11,734)
• 3. Hesse (1:19,037)
• 4. Hamburg (1:21,791)
• 5. Schleswig-Holstein (1:27,226)

People

• Elisabeth Rehn (born 1935), Finnish politician, the country's first female Minister of Defence
• Frank Knox Morton Rehn (1848–1914), American artist
• James Abram Garfield Rehn (1881–1965), American entomologist
• Olli Rehn (born 1962), Finnish politician, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the euro
• Stefan Rehn (born 1966), Swedish football player and manager
• Trista Rehn (born 1972), Trista Nicole Sutter (née Rehn), the first Bachelorette
• Vuokko Rehn (1938—2011), Finnish politician
• Walter Richard Rehn (1884–1951), German painter

See also

• Reen
• Rehm
• Rahn (disambiguation)
• Rähn