Ranney Surname
Approximately 3,910 people bear this surname
Ranney Surname Definition:
(Scottish) Variants of Rainey, q.v.
Ranney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,741 | 1:96,888 | 10,809 |
| Canada | 104 | 1:354,285 | 32,012 |
| Israel | 22 | 1:388,983 | 31,283 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 969 | 1:51,825 | 5,864 |
Ranney (221) may also be a first name.
Ranney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Scottish) Variants of Rainey, q.v.
Local. Renaix, Reinow, or Renais, a town of Switzerland. Rene (Latin, renatus), renewed, bora again, regenerated.
From the Old Norse, Hrani; or from the French, René; a personal name.
Ranney Demographics
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Ranney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ranney Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ranney is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ranney? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 117,700th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,863,822 people. The surname Ranney occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Ranney are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Ranney is also the 606,684th most commonly used given name internationally, borne by 221 people.
Ranney is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 3,741 people, or 1 in 96,888. In The United States Ranney is most common in: California, where 11 percent live, New York, where 6 percent live and Ohio, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent live and Israel, where 1 percent live.
Ranney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ranney has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ranney surname rose 386 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ranney Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ranney last name are 13.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.78% registered with the party.
The amount Ranney earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.69% more than the national average, earning $47,330 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.96% more than the national average, earning $57,116 CAD per year.
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Ranney Reference & Research
Rainey FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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