Ransour Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Ransour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ransour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Ransour Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ransour is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ransour click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ransour? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Ransour occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Ransour reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 67 percent live and Texas, where 33 percent live. Barring The United States Ransour occurs in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 14 percent live.

Ransour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ransour has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ransour last name contracted 14 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ransour Last Name Statistics demography

Ransour earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.

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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 Ransour
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