How common is the surname Ranson?

3,138 people in the United States had the surname Ranson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,389 Americans. It ranked 10,274th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Ranson?

Ranson is /ˈɹæn.sən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Ranson getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,138 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Ranson

A surname, carried by 3,138 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹæn.sən/ 2 syllables Soundex R525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ranson is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,138 people named Ranson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,389 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,159.

#10,274

rank among US surnames

3,138

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,442)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,265	Milford	3,140	98,327
#10,268	Orman	3,139	98,358
#10,274	Mulhern	3,138	98,389
#10,278	Renz	3,137	98,421
#10,280	Pipes	3,136	98,452

Who is named Ranson

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

62% of people named Ranson identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 31%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ranson

Ranson has the Soundex code R525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R525.

Questions

How common is the surname Ranson?: 3,138 people in the United States had the surname Ranson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,389 Americans. It ranked 10,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ranson?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Ranson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Ranson?: Ranson is /ˈɹæn.sən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Ranson getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,138 in 2010, down 0.7%.