# Ramsay (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ramsay/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,120 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,380 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,023 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.4% (7,561 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹæmzi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant spelling of Ramsey.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ramsay in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ramsay in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Ramsay

- Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and television personality (born 1966)
- Anne Ramsay, American actress (1960)
- Edward Pierson Ramsay, Australian ornithologist (1842-1916)
- Jack Ramsay, American sports coach and broadcaster (1925-2014)
- Iain Ramsay, Australian association football player
- George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, British Army general (1770-1838)
- David Ramsay, American physician and historian
- Ella Ramsay, Australian swimmer
- Alan Ramsay, Australian Army officer (1895–1973)
- Hugh Ramsay, Australian artist (1877-1906)

## Similar surnames

Ramos, Ramsey, Reams, Ramus, Ramage, Ramesh, Reynoso, Raines, Ring, Rains, Reinke, Rumsey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.