How common is the last name Ransom?

16,469 people in the United States have the last name Ransom, about 1 in 18,149. It ranks #2,144 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RANSOM

#2,144

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,469
About
1 in 18,149
This common or more
48.6%
Who bears it

Of the 16,469 people with the last name Ransom, 52.7% reported their origin as White, 36.3% as Black and 5.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ransom

#2,141 Eckert · 16,494#2,143 Kenny · 16,474#2,145 Aponte · 16,468#2,146 Vandyke · 16,461

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ransom, most common first.

#11,474 Ranson · 2,626#17,611 Ransome · 1,567

Also a first name

As a first name, Ransom ranks #6,441 of 53,615, with 2,490 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 111 births. See Ransom as a first name

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