The Range surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,306 people carried this name — #9,794 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 89,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,048 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 48 people named Range.

Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Paris 11
Côtes-d’Armor 10
Yonne 4
Rhône 3
Bas-Rhin 3
Vendée 3
Loire-Atlantique 3
Ille-et-Vilaine 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

96 people named Range is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 96

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Range in American newspapers,
1893–1920.

Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Range
The Sun 1906-12-23
Newspaper page from The Woman's Tribune carrying the name Range
The Woman's Tribune 1893-04-08
Newspaper page from The Wrangell Sentinel carrying the name Range
The Wrangell Sentinel 1920-07-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 851 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Range in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

5,877 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Range. The most, 978, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 2,191
New South Wales 1,513
Victoria 1,135
South Australia 599
Western Australia 202
Tasmania 117
ACT (Canberra) 82
Northern Territory 8

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Range.

Who carried it

People named Range,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paul Theodor Range
    Paul Theodor Range 1879–1952 · geologist
  • M. Athalie Range
    M. Athalie Range 1915–2006 · politician
  • Lars Andersson Rånge 1720–1760 · gunsmith
  • Andreas Range 1762–1828 · painter
  • Jochen Dieter Range 1941–2025 · university teacher
  • Harald Range 1948–2018 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Range,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States433 records

433 records of the Range name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 210
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 88
  • Other U.S. records 135
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Albert A. Range

    Born 1915 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McClellan, Alabama; bartender from Montgomery County, Alabama. U.S. Army veteran; died 1976, buried at Providence Memorial Park, Metairie, Louisiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Therese Range

    Arrived at New York in 1865 aboard the Industrie from Orkney Islands, Scotland, aged 15; farmer. From Phiene, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas Ronnie Range

    Born 1949; from Conyers, Georgia. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 433 records for Range in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands373 records

373 records of the Range name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 221
  • Dutch population registers 147
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 5
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Wilhelm Rangé

    Married in 1937 in Arnhem; merchant. Died 1971 in Arnhem, aged 64.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johannes Franciscus Rangé

    Married in 1883 in Groningen; labourer, born 1852 in Amsterdam. Died 1910 in Groningen, aged 58; labourer.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Berdina Sophia Rangé

    Born 1888 in Arnhem. Died 1963 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 74.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 373 records for Range in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany179 records

179 records of the Range name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Range

    Born 1899; from Ulfen, Cassel. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 3 December 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Range

    From Obervellmar, Cassel. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 4 February 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 94).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hermann Range

    From Bredenfelde, Meckl.-Schwerin. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 29 October 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 179 records for Range in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Australia29 records

29 records of the Range name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 12
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Other Australian records 10
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Range

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Bangalaore, arriving 1850; ticket of leave 1850.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Range

    Arrived in Victoria in 1910 aboard the Konigin Luise, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Ernst Range

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1890.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 29 records for Range in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France18 records

18 records of the Range name in France
  • France's national death register, 1970–2001 17
  • Loire-Atlantique's First World War dead 1
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean-Pierre Michel Range

    Born 1938 in Paris; died 1977 in Marcq-en-Barœul (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Ulysse Marie Joseph Range

    Born 1884 in Luçon. Died in the First World War on 9 August 1914 at Lenharrée (Marne). Sergeant, 337th Infantry Regiment.

    Département de Loire-Atlantique, Mémorial virtuel des morts pour la France (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gaelle Paule Range

    Born 1951 in Dinan (Côtes-d'Armor); died 1997 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Range in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) · Département de Loire-Atlantique, Mémorial virtuel des morts pour la France (Licence Ouverte 2.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Belgium4 records

4 records of the Range name in Belgium
  • Belgian population registers 2
  • Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Therese Range

    In the population register of Aalst; servant, born 1803 in Hinge.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Joanna Elisabeth Rangé

    Died 1852 in Lieferinge.

    Open Archives, Erfgoedcel Denderland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Maria Rangé

    Born 1918 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Range in Belgium.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Range name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. J. Range

    Labour Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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