Ranshaw Surname

438,351st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Ranshaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ranshaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4831:750,43358,631
England2681:207,90317,929
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Wales71:442,07621,198
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1721:141,71712,742
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States551:913,06755,053

Ranshaw (17) may also be a first name.

Ranshaw Last Name Facts

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

Ranshaw occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranshaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 438,351st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,319,112 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Ranshaw reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 58 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Ranshaw is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 483 people, or 1 in 750,433. In The United States it is most frequent in: Michigan, where 24 percent live, Ohio, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 34 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Ranshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ranshaw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ranshaw surname grew 878 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 156 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ranshaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ranshaw are 28.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75.42% registered to vote for the political party.

Ranshaw earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.55% more than the national average, earning $47,268 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ranschaw931/
Rainshaw931/
Ransaw92358/
Ramshaw862,709/
Ransawe8611/
Ranshow862/
Ronshaw861/
Ranchaw860/
Rattenshaw822/
Rhamshaw801/
Reinshaw800/
Ronsheaw800/
Ransow7726/
Ramsaw7720/
Ransaf771/
Ramshav7135/
Ramsawh7117/
Ranjawe716/
Ramchaw711/
Ransova711/
Ramsayw710/
Ranzhova674/
Rainsafe671/
Rattinsseaw671/
Ronsseaw670/

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Ranshaw Reference & Research

Renshaw Project 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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ranshaw
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis