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    The surname Ranney

    A surname, carried by 2,707 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R500

    Ranney: #11,597 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ranney #11,597, 2,707 people Ranney: #11,597 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ranney #11,597, 2,707 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ranney is more common than 92.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,707 people named Ranney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,055 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,523.

    #11,597
    rank among US surnames
    2,707
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #11,456)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,589Tomko2,710113,928
    #11,592Knipp2,709113,970
    #11,595Bump2,708114,012
    #11,597Ranney2,707114,055
    #11,603Drane2,706114,097
    #11,605Taub2,705114,139

    Who is named Ranney

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

    93% of people named Ranney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ranney

    Ranney has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ranney?
    2,707 people in the United States had the surname Ranney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,055 Americans. It ranked 11,597th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ranney?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ranney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ranney getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,707 in 2010, up 7.3%.