# Ramus (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 557 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,486 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 554,301 people |
| Change since 2000 | -13.6% (645 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹeɪməs/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from French Ramus, from Old French ramu (“branch”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a wooded place. * Borrowed from Dutch Ramus, from a personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *hrabnaz (“raven”) and *waldą (“might, power, force”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ramus 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) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 25% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Ramos, Ramsey, Ramsay, Reams, Reames, Remus, Ramesh, Reynoso, Raines, Ring, Rains, Reinke.

## 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.