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    The surname Ramalho

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 556 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R540

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ramalho is more common than 75.6% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese Ramalho.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 556 people named Ramalho in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 555,298 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 459.

    #39,555
    rank among US surnames
    556
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.1%
    change since 2000 (was #44,192)

    Who is named Ramalho

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    77% of people named Ramalho identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ramalhos

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • André Ramalho
      Brazilian association football player, born 1992
    • Muricy Ramalho
      Brazilian association football player, born 1955
    • Elba Ramalho
      Brazilian singer, born 1951
    • Zé Ramalho
      Brazilian composer and performer (born 1949)
    • José Ramalho Carvalho de Freitas
      Brazilian footballer, born 1980
    • José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago
      Brazilian priest (1925-2019)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ramalho

    Ramalho has the Soundex code R540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R540.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ramalho come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese Ramalho.
    How common is the surname Ramalho?
    556 people in the United States had the surname Ramalho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 555,298 Americans. It ranked 39,555th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ramalho?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Ramalho identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ramalho?
    André Ramalho, Brazilian association football player, followed by Muricy Ramalho.
    Where is the surname Ramalho most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ramalho in Brazil.
    Is the surname Ramalho getting more or less common?
    More common. 459 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 556 in 2010, up 21%.