Ransom Family History
Ransom Name Meaning
English (chiefly East Anglia): patronymic from the Middle English
personal name Rand(e) (see Rand 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Ransom Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ransom families
 87 - 171  30 - 86 |
 1 - 29  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Ransom families
|
159 - 315 54 - 158 |
1 - 53 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ransom families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ransom census records
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Ransom Family Origin
Ransom Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Ransom
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Ransom Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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