How common is the last name Ramsey?

74,666 people in the United States have the last name Ramsey, about 1 in 4,003. It ranks #434 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RAMSEY

#434

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
74,666
About
1 in 4,003
This common or more
30.4%
Who bears it

Of the 74,666 people with the last name Ramsey, 75% reported their origin as White, 15.9% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ramsey

#432 Cross · 75,035#433 Rosales · 74,769#435 Christensen · 74,664#436 Moss · 74,470

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ramsey, most common first.

#4,138 Ramsay · 8,316#96,572 Ransey · 202#140,525 Ramsy · 122

Also a first name

As a first name, Ramsey ranks #3,190 of 53,615, with 6,794 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2016, with 265 births. See Ramsey as a first name

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