# Ramalho (surname)

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

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 556 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,555 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 555,298 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (459 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Ramalho.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ramalho 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ramalho in Brazil.

## People named Ramalho

- André Ramalho, Brazilian association football player
- Muricy Ramalho, Brazilian association football player
- Elba Ramalho, Brazilian singer
- Zé Ramalho, Brazilian composer and performer (born 1949)
- José Ramalho Carvalho de Freitas, Brazilian footballer
- José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago, Brazilian priest (1925-2019)

## Similar surnames

Ranallo, Rummel, Rumley, Rommel, Remley.

## 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.