How common is the surname Ramer?

4,283 people in the United States had the surname Ramer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,086 Americans. It ranked 7,752nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ramer?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ramer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ramer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,283 in 2010, up 8.3%.

The surname Ramer

A surname, carried by 4,283 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ramer is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,283 people named Ramer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,086 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,956.

#7,752

rank among US surnames

4,283

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,744)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,747	Tao	4,286	72,036
#7,748	Dixson	4,285	72,053
#7,750	Laskowski	4,284	72,069
#7,752	Ramer	4,283	72,086
#7,753	Carleton	4,282	72,103

Who is named Ramer

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

94% of people named Ramer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ramer

Ramer has the Soundex code R560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R560.

Questions

How common is the surname Ramer?: 4,283 people in the United States had the surname Ramer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,086 Americans. It ranked 7,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ramer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ramer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ramer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,283 in 2010, up 8.3%.