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    The surname Ramus

    A French place surname, carried by 557 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɹeɪməs/ 2 syllables Soundex R520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ramus is more common than 75.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    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”).

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

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 557 people named Ramus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 554,301 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 645.

    #39,486
    rank among US surnames
    557
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -13.6%
    change since 2000 (was #33,380)

    Who is named Ramus

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

    68% of people named Ramus identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ramus

    Ramus has the Soundex code R520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R520.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ramus come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Ramus?
    557 people in the United States had the surname Ramus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 554,301 Americans. It ranked 39,486th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ramus?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Ramus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Ramus?
    Ramus is /ˈɹeɪməs/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Ramus?
    Ramus is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Ramus getting more or less common?
    Less common. 645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 557 in 2010, down 14%.