Last Name RANDOLPH

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Meaning The son of Randolph. Randle was the favourite nickname form, and the centuries held its own as a first name in Cheshire on account of the popularity of Randle, Earl of Chester, the Crusader. Rand was another abbreviation, and to it we owe Rand, Rands, and Ranson. With the diminutive 'kin' added we get Rankin, Ranken, and Ranking. Ralph was, however, the most generally favoured corruption of Radolph.
Fair help, from ran, fair, and ulph, help. Sir Thomas Randolph was created Earl of Murray in 1313.
These names have the same signification. 'Fair-help,' from 'Ran,' fair, and 'ulph,' help.
Origin English, Scottish, Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, French, German, Irish, Creole, Belgian

Rank 792 (2000 US census) 669 (1990 US census)
Count 39,742 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 58.2%, or 23130 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 37.29%, or 14820 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.4%, or 159 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.69%, or 274 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.06%, or 819 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.38%, or 548 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Russian middle names

 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...

Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Belarus middle names

 Belarus middle names form the same way as Russian ones, in part due to general common history of the Russian and Belarus nationalities, and in part due to very close integration of all nationalities during the Soviet Union times. Follow the

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