# Ram (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ram/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,853 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,547 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 80,131 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (2,766 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Hebrew רָם (ram).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ram in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 62% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 9.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ram in the United States, India, Belgium and Kingdom of Aragon.

## People named Ram

- Rajeev Ram, American tennis player (born 1984)
- Poorvisha Ram, badminton player
- Buck Ram, American songwriter, music executive, popular music producer and arranger
- Pierre François Xavier de Ram, Belgian historian (1804-1865)
- Domènec Ram i Lanaja, bishop and diplomat of the Crown of Aragon

## Similar surnames

Ramey, Ream, Ramm, Rahm, Rama, Reaume, Ramo, Rami, Rahimi, Ryan, Reyna, Romo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.