Ranta Family History
- Ranta Name Meaning
- Finnish: topographic name from Finnish ranta ‘shore’, or an ornamental name from the same word. First recorded in the 16th century, it was noted as the most frequently adopted ornamental surname at the celebrations in honor of the Finnish statesman Snellman on May 12, 1906. It occurs most frequently in western and southern coastal regions of Finland. In America, Ranta may be a shortened form of various other names formed with this element, such as Hietaranta.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 26,415 Historical Documents with Ranta on Ancestry
- 10,602 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 5,261 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,375 Military Records
- 3,299 Immigration Records
- 5,878 Member Trees
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Number of Ranta families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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