RonSon
surname · Latin script
Meaning: M4 Sherman tank - due to the proclivity of Shermans to burst into flames from a single hit
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɹɑnsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
RonSon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 198K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.3M
- CACanada≈1 in 232K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 169 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 198K (inferred from the name graph)
≈330 people, est.
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
M4 Sherman tank - due to the proclivity of Shermans to burst into flames from a single hit
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
RonSon counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 198K | 470 | RonSon | 99 |
| US United States | 248 | 1 in 1.3M | 370 | RonSon | 169 |
| CA Canada | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 232K | — | RonSon | 72 |
| AU Australia | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 321K | — | RonSon | 45 |
| CO Colombia | ≈78 est. | ≈1 in 628K | — | RonSon | 6 |
| NI Nicaragua | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 391K | — | RonSon | 4 |
| IE Ireland | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 428K | — | RonSon | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
RonSon is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Different form of Rowlandson.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Peter Ronsonb. 1934USIcelandic hurdler and actor (1934–2007)
- Len Ronsonb. 1936CAice hockey player
- Mick Ronsonb. 1946GBEnglish guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and record producer (1946–1993)
- Billy Ronsonb. 1957GBEnglish footballer (1957-2015)
- Jon Ronsonb. 1967GBBritish journalist and documentary filmmaker
- DJ Ronsonb. 1975GBBritish musician (born 1975)
- Samantha Judith Ronsonb. 1977GBBritish singer, songwriter, guitarist, and DJ (born 1977)
- Charlotte Ronsonb. 1977GBfashion designer
- Jesse Ronsonb. 1985CACanadian mixed martial arts fighter
- Clive RonsonNZNew Zealand geneticist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 470 | #11,920 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 278 | #66,476 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 269 | #76,963 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 248 | #77,264 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name RonSon mean, and where does it come from?
- M4 Sherman tank - due to the proclivity of Shermans to burst into flames from a single hit Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce RonSon?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɑnsən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does RonSon have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 332 people named RonSon in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled RonSon.
- How common is the name RonSon?
- In the United States, the national register counted 248 people named RonSon in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ronsonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “RonSon”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.