Rankin is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rankin
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Rankin

How popular is Rankin?

Rankin is common in United States.

Rankin is ranked 8939 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Rankin bearers increased by 2.972596 per cent in 2010 US census to 28821 since 2000, the surname slipped by 81 spots and ranked at 1229. The last name was found in around 98 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.47 80.76
Black 15.8 15.17
Hispanic or Latino 2.65 1.73
Others 2.06 1.41
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.45
Rankin is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Cayman Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 60315 people have been found who wears Rankin as their family name. Rankin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
932 Bermuda9
23,739 Nigeria5
8,438 China5
103,755 Czech Republic5
11,480 Japan4
180 Montserrat4
381,097 Ukraine4
2,720 South Korea3
3,224 Afghanistan3
19,452 Malaysia3
6,270 Hong Kong3
661,536 Indonesia3
189 Samoa3
5,671 Guatemala2
4,086 Angola2
1,333 Guam2
2,151 Fiji2
7,299 Estonia2
4,164 Vietnam2
35,969 Denmark2
1,256 Myanmar2
18,718 Thailand2
44,018 Poland2
213 Liechtenstein2
10,284 Kuwait2
13,552 Qatar2
66,560 Philippines1
2,877 Cuba1
37,779 Serbia1
11,510 Oman1
91,024 Belgium1
38,830 Morocco1
1,542 Andorra1
846 American Samoa1
8,268 Mauritius1
3,586 Honduras1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
20,172 Hungary1
8,859 Iraq1
42,479 Greece1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
49,529 Israel1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
25,721 Egypt1
31,584 Peru1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,839 Costa Rica49
43,851 Netherlands44
212,163 Russia41
2,266 Nicaragua41
8,214 Singapore35
845 The Bahamas28
21,901 Chile27
4,620 Trinidad and Tobago25
1,064 Barbados23
28,338 Norway20
50,826 Zimbabwe19
1,163 Jersey17
333 Northern Mariana Islands16
587,188 India11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,596 Colombia87
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
3,494 Panama82
11,524 Sweden80
92,589 Brazil79
78,184 Italy67
35,456 Spain65
17,456 Switzerland63
Countries with hundreds of Rankin:
714 New Zealand940
17,127 Germany605
1,856 Ireland268
2,197 Wales181
61,459 France159
8,140 Austria157
1,957 Jamaica125
1,057 Guyana125
38 Cayman Islands122
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Rankin:
1,284 England6,109
617 Australia4,902
1,075 Canada4,693
2,341 South Africa2,776
286 Scotland2,763
244 Northern Ireland1,359
Countries with ten thousands of Rankin:
1,133 United States33,820
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 25 years old clerk John Rankin who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 11, 1846 by Georgia put out from Liverpool. Maid Margaret Rankin, Immigrant Ellen Rankin, Workman Alex. Rankin, Hugh Rankin, aged 25, 20 years old Eliza Rankin, William Rankin (2), Born at sea Eliza Rankin, William Rankin, aged 36, and 55 other Rankin around 37.5% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and merchant, distiller or liquor maker migrated to US.

Rankin Namesakes

  • Anthony McGuin Rankin, Political figure
  • Judy Rankin, Golfer
  • James Rankine, Farmer
  • Nell Rankin, Operatic soprano
  • Annabelle Rankin, Member of Parliament
  • Arthur Rankin, Jr., Director
  • Gilman Rankin, Actor
  • John Rankin Rogers, Former Governor of Washington
  • John E. Rankin, U.S. congressman
  • Boyd Rankin, Cricketer
  • Sophie Rankin characterized leading role of Sarah in 2018 drama movie Ticket to Bollywood.

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