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    The surname Range

    A surname, carried by 3,306 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R520

    Range: #9,794 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Range #9,794, 3,306 people Range: #9,794 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Range #9,794, 3,306 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Range is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,306 people named Range in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,389 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,048.

    #9,794
    rank among US surnames
    3,306
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #9,795)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,786Loughlin3,30993,305
    #9,788Chico3,30893,333
    #9,790Colangelo3,30793,361
    #9,794Arechiga3,30693,389
    #9,798Trantham3,30493,446
    #9,800Casias3,30393,474
    #9,803Goto3,30293,503

    Who is named Range

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

    56% of people named Range identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Range

    Range has the Soundex code R520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Range?
    3,306 people in the United States had the surname Range in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,389 Americans. It ranked 9,794th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Range?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Range identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Range getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,306 in 2010, up 8.5%.