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There are approximately 2,101 people named Ransome in the UK. That makes it the 4,331th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 33 are named Ransome.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
From name of parent

Related and similar surnames

Ransom
Ranson
Ramson
Ransone
Ransonet
Rannsome
Ranscome
Ransomme
Ransomm
Rahnsom
Rainsom
Ranscom
Ransoms
Ransoma
Ranscomb
Ransomer
Ransoml
Ransomy
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Rainscombe
Ransomejr
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Ransoman
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Ransomjr

The Ransome surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

RANSOM. RANSOME. From analogous corrui)tions, I should say, that this name was originally Ransham, though I find no jjlace so called. Mr. Ferguson, with his accustomed facility, finds the etymon in the O.-Norse ransamr, pra'dabuudus, piratical. " What curious changes," says he, "the whirligig of time brings round. AVe take our money to the descendant of the old sea-robber to take care of for us — Ransom & Co., bankers, Pall Mall. Another Eansome has turned his sword into a ploughshare, and become famed as a maker of agricultural implements at Ipswich."

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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