How common is the surname Ramos?

263,464 people in the United States had the surname Ramos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,172 Americans. It ranked 76th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ramos?

José Ramos-Horta, 2nd and 5th President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate, followed by Mauro Ramos.

Where is the surname Ramos most common?

Wikidata records people named Ramos in Brazil, the United States and Argentina and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Ramos getting more or less common?

More common. 193,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 263,464 in 2010, up 36%.

The surname Ramos

A Spanish surname, the 76th most common in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ramos is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Ramos, from ramo (“branch”).

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 263,464 people named Ramos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,172 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 193,096.

#76

rank among US surnames

263,464

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+36.4%

change since 2000 (was #112)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#67	Gutierrez	293,218	1,053
#68	Ortiz	286,899	1,076
#69	Morgan	286,280	1,078
#70	Cooper	280,791	1,100
#71	Peterson	278,297	1,109
#72	Bailey	277,845	1,111
#73	Reed	277,030	1,114

Who is named Ramos

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

87% of people named Ramos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
White (not Hispanic) 6.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Ramoss

37 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

José Ramos-Horta
2nd and 5th President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate, born 1949
Mauro Ramos
Brazilian footballer (1930-2002)
Anthony Ramos
American actor and singer (born 1991)
Marcelo Ramos
Brazilian association football player, born 1973
Graciliano Ramos
Brazilian writer and mayor (1892-1953)
Tab Ramos
American soccer player and manager, born 1966
José Ramos Delgado
Argentine footballer (1935-2010)
Leonardo Ramos
Argentine association football player, born 1989
Hipólito Ramos
Boxer, born 1956
Larissa Ramos
Brazilian model, born 1989
Mel Ramos
American artist (1935-2018)
Murilo Ramos Krieger
Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and primate of Brazil, born 1943

Notable Ramoss come mostly from Brazil (14), the United States (9) and Argentina (7).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ramos

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ramos come from?: Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Ramos, from ramo (“branch”).
How common is the surname Ramos?: 263,464 people in the United States had the surname Ramos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,172 Americans. It ranked 76th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ramos?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Ramos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ramos?: José Ramos-Horta, 2nd and 5th President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate, followed by Mauro Ramos.
Where is the surname Ramos most common?: Wikidata records people named Ramos in Brazil, the United States and Argentina and 3 other countries.
Is the surname Ramos getting more or less common?: More common. 193,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 263,464 in 2010, up 36%.