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The surname Rampersaud

A surname, carried by 1,138 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R516

Rampersaud: #22,573 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rampersaud #22,573, 1,138 people Rampersaud: #22,573 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rampersaud #22,573, 1,138 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rampersaud is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,138 people named Rampersaud in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 766.

#22,573
rank among US surnames
1,138
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+48.6%
change since 2000 (was #29,142)

Who is named Rampersaud

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

58% of people named Rampersaud identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 58%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
  • White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
  • Two or more races 6.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rampersaud

Rampersaud 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 Rampersaud?
1,138 people in the United States had the surname Rampersaud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. It ranked 22,573rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rampersaud?
In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Rampersaud identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Rampersaud getting more or less common?
More common. 766 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,138 in 2010, up 49%.