Surname Checker / Rankin
How Common Is the Last Name Rankin?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Rankin today
31,911
Ranked #1,229 of 162,254 published surnames · 9.77 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 28,821 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
78.47%
Black
15.8%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.53%
Hispanic
2.65%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.