How common is the surname Ramo?

604 people in the United States had the surname Ramo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 511,168 Americans. It ranked 36,970th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ramo?

In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Ramo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ramo getting more or less common?

More common. 553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 604 in 2010, up 9.2%.

The surname Ramo

A Finnish place surname, carried by 604 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ramo is more common than 77.2% of them.

Origin

Finnish origin

Various origins: * Borrowed from Finnish Rämö, a surname of unexplained origin. * Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Ramo, a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Spanish Ramo, a topographic surname from ramo (“branch”). Compare Ramos.

Ramo is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 604 people named Ramo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 511,168 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 553.

#36,970

rank among US surnames

604

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+9.2%

change since 2000 (was #37,788)

Who is named Ramo

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

59% of people named Ramo identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30%
Asian and Pacific Islander 7.8%
Two or more races 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ramo

Ramo has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

Questions

Where does the surname Ramo come from?: Various origins: * Borrowed from Finnish Rämö, a surname of unexplained origin. * Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Ramo, a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Spanish Ramo, a topographic surname from ramo (“branch”). Compare Ramos.
How common is the surname Ramo?: 604 people in the United States had the surname Ramo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 511,168 Americans. It ranked 36,970th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ramo?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Ramo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Ramo?: Ramo is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Ramo getting more or less common?: More common. 553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 604 in 2010, up 9.2%.