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    The surname Ramasamy

    A Tamil surname, carried by 645 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex R525

    Ramasamy: #34,967 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ramasamy #34,967, 645 people Ramasamy: #34,967 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ramasamy #34,967, 645 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ramasamy is more common than 78.4% of them.

    Origin

    Tamil origin

    Borrowed from Tamil ராமசாமி (rāmacāmi). Compound of இராமர் (irāmar) + சாமி (cāmi).

    One of 15 Tamil surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 645 people named Ramasamy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 478,675 Americans. That is up 210% since 2000, when the Census counted 208.

    #34,967
    rank among US surnames
    645
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +210.1%
    change since 2000 (was #83,965)

    Who is named Ramasamy

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

    97% of people named Ramasamy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Ramasamy

    Ramasamy has the Soundex code R525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R525.

    Other Tamil surnames

    All 15 Tamil surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ramasamy come from?
    Borrowed from Tamil ராமசாமி (rāmacāmi). Compound of இராமர் (irāmar) + சாமி (cāmi).
    How common is the surname Ramasamy?
    645 people in the United States had the surname Ramasamy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 478,675 Americans. It ranked 34,967th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ramasamy?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ramasamy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ramasamy getting more or less common?
    More common. 208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 645 in 2010, up 210%.
    What are other spellings of Ramasamy?
    Ramaswamy and Ramaswami.