Last Name RALPH

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Meaning	The son of Ralph. From 'Rod,' counsel, and 'ulph,' help, French, 'Raoul,' Latin, 'Rodolphus,' a helper, a counselor.

Origin	English, Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, French, German, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank	4,106 (2000 US census)	3,217 (1990 US census)

Count	7,987 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

84.7%, or 6765 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
10.94%, or 874 total occurrences, as black,
0.69%, or 55 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.49%, or 39 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.63%, or 130 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.55%, or 124 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Christian baby names

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