Randall Surname
Approximately 108,152 people bear this surname
Randall Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Randolph,' from the nick. Randle. For the popularity of Randle in Cheshire, v. Randolph.
Randle de Arclet, Cheshire, temp. 1290: East Cheshire.
Randle Poole, Cheshire, 1600: ibid.
Read More About This SurnameRandall Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 70,735 | 1:5,124 | 577 |
| England | 17,842 | 1:3,123 | 414 |
| Australia | 7,346 | 1:3,675 | 525 |
| Canada | 4,360 | 1:8,451 | 1,256 |
| South Africa | 3,180 | 1:17,037 | 2,143 |
| Wales | 930 | 1:3,327 | 357 |
| New Zealand | 892 | 1:5,077 | 820 |
| Scotland | 348 | 1:15,385 | 1,930 |
| Jamaica | 345 | 1:8,319 | 954 |
| Liberia | 258 | 1:17,087 | 1,759 |
| Ireland | 208 | 1:22,639 | 2,234 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Thailand | 158 | 1:447,078 | 78,527 |
| Germany | 127 | 1:633,901 | 50,033 |
| Spain | 119 | 1:392,874 | 21,594 |
| Israel | 99 | 1:86,441 | 10,271 |
| Singapore | 68 | 1:80,996 | 3,278 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Northern Ireland | 43 | 1:42,908 | 3,866 |
| United Arab Emirates | 40 | 1:229,057 | 15,464 |
| Switzerland | 39 | 1:210,588 | 18,223 |
| Mexico | 37 | 1:3,354,762 | 24,142 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Gibraltar | 29 | 1:1,171 | 268 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Cayman Islands | 20 | 1:3,195 | 435 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Norfolk Island | 14 | 1:164 | 17 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Isle of Man | 12 | 1:7,152 | 1,559 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| American Samoa | 11 | 1:5,069 | 1,123 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1:79,678,386 | 25,993 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 1:27,600 | 1,126 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 71 | 1:62,392 | 4,829 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9,080 | 1:2,685 | 382 |
| Wales | 181 | 1:8,665 | 533 |
| Scotland | 82 | 1:45,649 | 3,275 |
| Jersey | 24 | 1:2,162 | 357 |
| Guernsey | 5 | 1:6,531 | 1,136 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,013 | 1:3,136 | 369 |
Randall (261,640) may also be a first name.
Randall Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Randolph,' from the nick. Randle. For the popularity of Randle in Cheshire, v. Randolph.
Randle de Arclet, Cheshire, temp. 1290: East Cheshire.
Randle Poole, Cheshire, 1600: ibid.
1571. Randall Smythe and Man- Lightfoot, widow: Marriage Lic. (London).
1637. Baptised — Alexander, s. Cristofer Randall: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1640. Baptised — William, s. Richard Randall: St. Michael, Cornhill.
1632-3. Buried — Randle Newton: Wilmslow Church, Cheshire.
1664. Baptised — Jone. d. Randall Lawson: St. James, Clerkenwell.
An apocopated form of Old English Randwulf or Randulf From Röndúlfr, 'shield wolf,' a common ON. personal name. The name "occurs frequently in the Register of Cupar Abbey. Amongst the tenants in Carse Grange are Ranalds, Ranaldsons, Randalsons and Randalls, or as it is sometimes given, Randal, Randale, Randell, Rendall. There were others about Perth in the days of the Reformation" ("Ancestry of Randall Thomas Davidson, archbishop of Canterbury, 1903," quoted in SHR., I, p. 327). Harry Randell, an Orkneyman, wrote the first communication in the Scots tongue known in Orkney, c. 1436 (Diplomatarium Norvegicum, XX, 815). Donald Randale was tenant of Calady, 1464, and Nichol Randale, tenant of Kerse-grange, 1478 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 138,212).
Apocopal forms of Randolf. q.v.
Randol the Refe.—‘The Turnament of Tottenham,’ 22; Percy.
They call me Jack when I’m abroad, Sometimes they call me John; But when I’m in my father’s bower Jock Randal is my name.—‘The Bonny Hind,’ 25-28; Child, vol. ii.
“Little Randolph” in Old English.
(English) Descendant of Randal or Randwulf (shield, wolf).
See Randolph. This name has been confounded with Bundle. See Bundle.
From the German, Randel; a personal name.
User-submitted Reference
The surname Rantall or Randall originates from the Anglo-Saxon tribes of ancient Britain. It derives from the baptismal name Randel or Rantall, a diminutive form of the personal name Rand. It comes from the word rand, which means 'shield' or 'wolf'. Alternatively, the name may have originated from the ancestral connection, meaning 'son of Randolph', as exemplified by the nickname Randle. Historical records indicate early instances of the surname used as a forename, such as Randle de Arclet in Cheshire around 1290.
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Randall Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Randall Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Randall (Arabic: راندال, Marathi: रंदाल, Russian: Рандалл) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Randall click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Randall? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,242nd most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 67,382 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Randall live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. Randall is also the 4,025th most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 261,640 people.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 70,735 people, or 1 in 5,124. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 116 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.
Randall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Randall has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Randall last name increased 442 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 196 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 514 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 424 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 293 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Randall Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Anglican (72%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Randall surname are 10.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Randall earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.55% less than the national average, earning 316,487 kr per year; in Peru they earn 20.39% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,433 per year; in South Africa they earn 60.11% more than the national average, earning R 380,472 per year; in United States they earn 0.33% less than the national average, earning $43,007 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.88% more than the national average, earning $50,615 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Randall Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Randall in the Marathi language | ||
| रंदाल | randala | 25 |
| रंडल | randala | 12.5 |
| रॅन्डल | rendala | 12.5 |
| रॅनडल | renadala | 12.5 |
| राँन्डेल | ramndela | 12.5 |
| रॉनडल | ronadala | 12.5 |
| रॅन्डाल | rendala | 12.5 |
| Randall in the Russian language | ||
| Рандалл | randall | - |
| Randall in the Arabic language | ||
| راندال | randal | - |
| رندل | rndl | - |
| راندل | randl | - |
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