How common is the surname Ramseur?

1,445 people in the United States had the surname Ramseur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,665 Americans. It ranked 18,899th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ramseur getting more or less common?

More common. 1,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,445 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Ramseur

A surname, carried by 1,445 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ramseur is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,445 people named Ramseur in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 213,665 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,297.

#18,899

rank among US surnames

1,445

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+11.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,328)

Who is named Ramseur

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

71% of people named Ramseur identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 71%
White (not Hispanic) 22%
Two or more races 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Ramseur?: 1,445 people in the United States had the surname Ramseur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,665 Americans. It ranked 18,899th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ramseur?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Ramseur identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ramseur getting more or less common?: More common. 1,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,445 in 2010, up 11%.