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
Average Male Ranney Height
177.17 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ranney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ranney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ranney is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ranney? popularity and diffusion
It is the 117,700th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,863,822 people. It is primarily found 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 occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 221 people.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne 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. Besides The United States this last name exists 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 occurrence of Ranney has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 386 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ranney Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Ranney are 13.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.78% registered to vote for the political 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- 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 Ranney
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