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Where Does The Last Name Ranft Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Ranft (Russian: Ранфт) has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranft? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Ranft is the 101,011^th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,559,501 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Ranft live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,694,839^th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 17 people.

The last name Ranft is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 3,411 people, or 1 in 23,602. In Germany it is primarily found in: Saxony, where 30 percent reside, Hesse, where 16 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Ranft Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Ranft has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ranft surname grew 645 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 929 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ranft Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Ranft last name are 17.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.1% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ranft earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 192.29% more than the national average, earning R 694,584 per year; in United States they earn 8.02% more than the national average, earning $46,610 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.18% more than the national average, earning $56,229 CAD per year.