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    The surname Ranta

    A Finnish surname, carried by 1,004 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R530

    Ranta: #24,802 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ranta #24,802, 1,004 people Ranta: #24,802 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ranta #24,802, 1,004 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ranta is more common than 84.7% of them.

    Origin

    Finnish origin

    Borrowed from Finnish Ranta.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,004 people named Ranta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. That is down 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,079.

    #24,802
    rank among US surnames
    1,004
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7%
    change since 2000 (was #22,283)

    Who is named Ranta

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

    93% of people named Ranta identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as two or more races and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ranta

    Ranta has the Soundex code R530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R530.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ranta come from?
    Borrowed from Finnish Ranta.
    How common is the surname Ranta?
    1,004 people in the United States had the surname Ranta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. It ranked 24,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ranta?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ranta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Ranta getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,004 in 2010, down 7.0%.