# Ramaswamy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ramaswamy/  
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 Tamil.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Tamil |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,007 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,747 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 306,599 people |
| Change since 2000 | +63% (619 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Ramasamy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ramaswamy 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) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 95% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ramaswamy in the United States.

## People named Ramaswamy

- Vivek Ramaswamy, American businessman (born 1985)

## Similar surnames

Ramasamy, Rankin, Ransom, Rincon, Rankins, Ranson, Renken, Ramachandran, Ransome, Reinking, Ranjan.

## 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.