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    The surname Ramsburg

    A German place surname, carried by 518 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R521

    Ramsburg: #41,959 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ramsburg #41,959, 518 people Ramsburg: #41,959 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ramsburg #41,959, 518 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ramsburg is more common than 74.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Possibly a habitational surname from German Ramsburg, in Franconia, even though this surname is not found in Germany. Alternatively, it could be a variant of Ramsberg or Ramsberger.

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 518 people named Ramsburg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 596,034 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 531.

    #41,959
    rank among US surnames
    518
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #39,052)

    Who is named Ramsburg

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

    99% of people named Ramsburg identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 99%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ramsburg come from?
    Possibly a habitational surname from German Ramsburg, in Franconia, even though this surname is not found in Germany. Alternatively, it could be a variant of Ramsberg or Ramsberger.
    How common is the surname Ramsburg?
    518 people in the United States had the surname Ramsburg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 596,034 Americans. It ranked 41,959th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ramsburg?
    In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Ramsburg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Ramsburg?
    Ramsburg is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Ramsburg getting more or less common?
    Less common. 531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 518 in 2010, down 2.4%.