How common is the surname Randolph?

41,129 people in the United States had the surname Randolph in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,507 Americans. It ranked 840th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Randolph?

Edmund Randolph, American attorney (1753-1813), followed by Da'Vine Joy Randolph.

Where is the surname Randolph most common?

Wikidata records people named Randolph in the United States.

How do you pronounce Randolph?

Randolph is /ˈɹændɒlf/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Randolph getting more or less common?

More common. 39,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,129 in 2010, up 3.5%.

Is Randolph also a first name?

Yes. Randolph is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Randolph

A surname, carried by 41,129 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹændɒlf/ 2 syllables Soundex R534 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Randolph is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

From Old Norse rǫnd (“shield”) + úlfr (“wolf”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 41,129 people named Randolph in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,507 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 39,742.

#840

rank among US surnames

41,129

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #792)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#831	Weeks	41,565	7,428
#832	Corona	41,553	7,430
#833	Frederick	41,394	7,459
#834	Buckley	41,348	7,467
#835	McFarland	41,300	7,476
#836	Hebert	41,275	7,480
#837	Enriquez	41,271	7,481

Who is named Randolph

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

56% of people named Randolph identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Black (not Hispanic) 38%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Randolphs

30 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edmund Randolph
American attorney (1753-1813)
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
American actress, born 1986
Zach Randolph
American basketball player (born 1981)
John Randolph
American actor (1915–2004)
A. Philip Randolph
Black American civil rights activist, labor unionist, politician (1889-1979)
Anthony Randolph
American basketball player, born 1989
Boots Randolph
American musician (1927–2007)
Lillian Randolph
American actress (1898–1980)
John Randolph of Roanoke
American politician (1773–1833)
Jane Randolph
American film actress (1915–2009)
Marc Randolph
American tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Netflix, born 1958
Michelle Randolph
American actress, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Randolph

Randolph has the Soundex code R534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R534.

Questions

Where does the surname Randolph come from?: From Old Norse rǫnd (“shield”) + úlfr (“wolf”).
How common is the surname Randolph?: 41,129 people in the United States had the surname Randolph in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,507 Americans. It ranked 840th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Randolph?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Randolph identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Randolph?: Edmund Randolph, American attorney (1753-1813), followed by Da'Vine Joy Randolph.
Where is the surname Randolph most common?: Wikidata records people named Randolph in the United States.
How do you pronounce Randolph?: Randolph is /ˈɹændɒlf/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Randolph getting more or less common?: More common. 39,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,129 in 2010, up 3.5%.
Is Randolph also a first name?: Yes. Randolph is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.