Ranwell Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ranwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ranwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
England441:1,266,32057,817
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England511:477,94826,685

Ranwell (465) may also be a first name.

Ranwell Last Name Facts

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

Ranwell is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ranwell.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,637,889th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 41 percent of Ranwell are found; 40 percent are found in Southern Africa and 40 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 395,119th most frequently used forename globally, held by 465 people.

Ranwell is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,105,667. In South Africa Ranwell is most common in: Gauteng, where 53 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 33 percent live and Western Cape, where 10 percent live. Other than South Africa it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 36 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Ranwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ranwell has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Ranwell surname declined 14 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ranwell Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ranwell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 20.56% more than the national average, earning R 286,500 per year and in United States they earn 56.45% less than the national average, earning $18,792 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rainwell930/
Ranwel921/
Ramwell86261/
Ranbell861/
Rosnwell800/
Ranbel778/
Ronwel771/
Ramwel771/
Ranuel770/
Rambell7112/
Romwell714/
Rainbel711/
Ranbeel711/
Rambel6242/
Romwel624/
Ranvle621/
Rambøll5711/
Rambeel571/
Ronnuel571/
Reinbehl531/
Rambl503/

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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 Ranwell
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