The surname Raymond
A patronymic surname, carried by 40,275 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈɹeɪ.mənd/ 2 syllables Soundex R553 Also a first name
Origin
From Old French Raimund, from Frankish *Raginmund, from Proto-Germanic *Raginamunduz, composed of *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”). Compare the first element in Reginald, Reynold, Ronald; the second element can be found in cognates Edmund, Sigmund, Osmond.
Raymond is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 40,275 people named Raymond in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,666 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 38,158.
Who is named Raymond
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Raymond identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 79%
- Black (not Hispanic) 14%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Famous Raymonds
19 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Eric S. RaymondAmerican programmer & open source advocate (1957-)
- Lisa RaymondAmerican tennis player, born 1973
- Alex RaymondAmerican comic strip artist and creator of Flash Gordon (1909–1956)
- Roy RaymondAmerican businessman, founder of Victoria's Secret (1947-1993)
- Henry Jarvis RaymondAmerican journalist and politician (1820–1869)
- Gene RaymondActor, singer, composer, producer, director, 1908–1998
- Paula RaymondAmerican actress (1924-2003)
- Pete RaymondAmerican rower, born 1947
- Jacques RaymondBelgian singer, born 1938
- Gary RaymondBritish actor, born 1935
- Janice RaymondAmerican writer and radical feminist, born 1943
- Fred RaymondAustrian composer (1900–1954)
Notable Raymonds come mostly from the United States (15), the United Kingdom (2) and Belgium (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Raymond has the Soundex code R553, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R553.
Questions
- Where does the surname Raymond come from?
- From Old French Raimund, from Frankish *Raginmund, from Proto-Germanic *Raginamunduz, composed of *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”). Compare the first element in Reginald, Reynold, Ronald; the second element can be found in cognates Edmund, Sigmund, Osmond.
- How common is the surname Raymond?
- 40,275 people in the United States had the surname Raymond in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,666 Americans. It ranked 857th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Raymond?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Raymond identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Raymond?
- Eric S. Raymond, American programmer & open source advocate (1957-), followed by Lisa Raymond.
- Where is the surname Raymond most common?
- Wikidata records people named Raymond in the United States, the United Kingdom and Belgium and 1 other country.
- How do you pronounce Raymond?
- Raymond is /ˈɹeɪ.mənd/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Raymond?
- Raymond is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Raymond getting more or less common?
- More common. 38,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 40,275 in 2010, up 5.5%.
- Is Raymond also a first name?
- Yes. Raymond is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.