Rankins Surname

107,635th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,334 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Rankins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rankins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1901:86,5069,764
Australia1211:223,10521,260
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
England11:55,718,059489,080
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Andorra11:83,8382,381
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2761:39,3564,648

Rankins (22) may also be a first name.

Rankins Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rankins Come From? nationality or country of origin

Rankins is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rankins? popularity and diffusion

It is the 107,635th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,681,483 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Rankins are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Rankins is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 22 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 4,190 people, or 1 in 86,506. In The United States Rankins is mostly found in: California, where 9 percent reside, North Carolina, where 7 percent reside and Louisiana, where 7 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Rankins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rankins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rankins last name expanded 328 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it decreased 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rankins Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (86%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Rankins surname are 0.74% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.97% registered to vote for the party.

Rankins earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.93% less than the national average, earning $34,982 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rankin's931/
Rainkins931/
Rankns920/
Rankens8659/
Rancins8610/
Rankims864/
Ronkins862/
Ramkins860/
Reinkins802/
Roncins713/
Roscinkins711/
Reinkens67112/
Reynkens6763/
Reunkens671/
Reynckens6314/
Romkens57112/
Reinckens5065/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rankins
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