Rang Family History
Rang Name Meaning
German: variant of Range . German: topographic name for someone who lived by a bend or slope in a thoroughfare from rang ‘bend’. German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name based on rang ranc ‘curved bending slender’. This surname (in any of the possible German senses; see also above) is also found in France (Alsace); compare Ranc French (southern): variant of Ranc
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022