The surname Rampersad
A surname, carried by 1,580 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex R516
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,580 people named Rampersad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,409 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,113.
#17,734
rank among US surnames
1,580
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+42%
change since 2000 (was #21,791)
Who is named Rampersad
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
43% of people named Rampersad identified as Black (not Hispanic), 28% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 16% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 43%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 28%
- Two or more races 16%
- White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Rampersad
Rampersad has the Soundex code R516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R516.
Questions
- How common is the surname Rampersad?
- 1,580 people in the United States had the surname Rampersad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,409 Americans. It ranked 17,734th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Rampersad?
- In the 2010 Census, 43% of people named Rampersad identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 28% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Rampersad getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,580 in 2010, up 42%.