How common is the surname Ramsden?

1,598 people in the United States had the surname Ramsden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,207 Americans. It ranked 17,586th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ramsden?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ramsden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ramsden?

Jesse Ramsden, British engraver and instrument maker.

Where is the surname Ramsden most common?

Wikidata records people named Ramsden in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Is the surname Ramsden getting more or less common?

More common. 1,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,598 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Ramsden

An English place surname, carried by 1,598 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ramsden is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

Probably from Old English hramsa (“onion, garlic”) + dene (“valley”).

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,598 people named Ramsden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,207 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,571.

#17,586

rank among US surnames

1,598

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,745)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,582	Bick	1,599	193,087
#17,586	Ploof	1,598	193,207

Who is named Ramsden

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

94% of people named Ramsden identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ramsdens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jesse Ramsden
British engraver and instrument maker, 1735–1800

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ramsden

Ramsden has the Soundex code R523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R523.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ramsden come from?: Probably from Old English hramsa (“onion, garlic”) + dene (“valley”).
How common is the surname Ramsden?: 1,598 people in the United States had the surname Ramsden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,207 Americans. It ranked 17,586th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ramsden?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ramsden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ramsden?: Jesse Ramsden, British engraver and instrument maker.
Where is the surname Ramsden most common?: Wikidata records people named Ramsden in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
What type of surname is Ramsden?: Ramsden is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Ramsden getting more or less common?: More common. 1,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,598 in 2010, up 1.7%.