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    The surname Ramesh

    A surname, carried by 1,797 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R520

    Ramesh: #16,108 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ramesh #16,108, 1,797 people Ramesh: #16,108 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ramesh #16,108, 1,797 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ramesh is more common than 90.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,797 people named Ramesh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. That is up 127% since 2000, when the Census counted 792.

    #16,108
    rank among US surnames
    1,797
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +126.9%
    change since 2000 (was #28,375)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,100Coughlan1,798171,716
    #16,108Parshall1,797171,812

    Who is named Ramesh

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

    93% of people named Ramesh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ramesh

    Ramesh has the Soundex code R520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ramesh?
    1,797 people in the United States had the surname Ramesh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. It ranked 16,108th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ramesh?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ramesh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ramesh getting more or less common?
    More common. 792 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,797 in 2010, up 127%.