Ransaw Surname

788,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ransaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ransaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3551:1,021,01175,157
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Ransaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ransaw is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ransaw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ransaw? popularity and diffusion

Ransaw is the 788,513th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 20,356,274 people. The last name Ransaw is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Ransaw live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 355 people, or 1 in 1,021,011. In The United States Ransaw is most common in: Alabama, where 27 percent are found, Ohio, where 18 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Ransaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ransaw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ransaw surname grew 2,219 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ransaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ransaw surname are 13.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.71% registered with the party.

Ransaw earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.83% less than the national average, earning $34,163 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ranshaw92782/
Ransawe9211/
Ranschaw861/
Rainshaw861/
Ransow8326/
Ramsaw8320/
Ransaf831/
Ramshaw772,709/
Ramsawh7717/
Ranjawe776/
Ranshow772/
Ronshaw771/
Ransova771/
Ramsayw770/
Ranchaw770/
Rattenshaw752/
Rattinsseaw711/
Rainsafe711/
Rhamshaw711/
Reinshaw710/
Ronsheaw710/
Ronsseaw710/
Ranzow6757/
Ramsav675/
Ranjow673/
Ranzab672/
Ranjav672/
Rancow671/
Ransov671/

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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 Ransaw
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