Ramos Surname
Approximately 3,544,553 people bear this surname
Ramos Surname Definition:
Descendant of Ramos (palms), a name given to one born during the religious fiesta of Palm Sunday; one who came from Ramos (branch), in Spain.
Ancient surname found in Asturias, Galicia, Aragon, Leon, Castile, and Andalusia. Originated in Santander and Asturias.
Read More About This SurnameRamos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 827,932 | 1:259 | 40 |
| Mexico | 585,166 | 1:212 | 32 |
| Philippines | 375,999 | 1:269 | 4 |
| Peru | 246,342 | 1:129 | 10 |
| United States | 228,607 | 1:1,586 | 125 |
| Colombia | 162,264 | 1:294 | 47 |
| Spain | 151,408 | 1:309 | 24 |
| Guatemala | 134,721 | 1:119 | 14 |
| Venezuela | 126,276 | 1:239 | 37 |
| Honduras | 86,745 | 1:102 | 17 |
| Argentina | 84,255 | 1:507 | 57 |
| Cuba | 79,008 | 1:146 | 20 |
| Bolivia | 61,214 | 1:173 | 20 |
| Puerto Rico | 60,232 | 1:59 | 9 |
| El Salvador | 58,875 | 1:108 | 18 |
| Portugal | 45,235 | 1:230 | 40 |
| Chile | 35,639 | 1:494 | 109 |
| Ecuador | 30,430 | 1:523 | 70 |
| Dominican Republic | 29,619 | 1:352 | 67 |
| Nicaragua | 20,581 | 1:293 | 62 |
| Panama | 19,820 | 1:197 | 34 |
| Paraguay | 16,737 | 1:432 | 114 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 12,676 | 1:136 | 48 |
| France | 11,326 | 1:5,865 | 493 |
| Uruguay | 10,274 | 1:334 | 39 |
| Cape Verde | 8,896 | 1:60 | 11 |
| Costa Rica | 5,837 | 1:819 | 177 |
| Canada | 4,279 | 1:8,611 | 1,283 |
| East Timor | 4,010 | 1:303 | 78 |
| England | 1,911 | 1:29,156 | 3,939 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,382 | 1:128 | 31 |
| Australia | 1,194 | 1:22,609 | 3,118 |
| Belize | 1,087 | 1:327 | 45 |
| Taiwan | 1,023 | 1:22,918 | 316 |
| Saudi Arabia | 835 | 1:36,953 | 5,288 |
| Germany | 779 | 1:103,345 | 12,800 |
| Indonesia | 702 | 1:188,389 | 18,034 |
| South Africa | 698 | 1:77,618 | 9,625 |
| Switzerland | 686 | 1:11,972 | 1,973 |
| Morocco | 682 | 1:50,551 | 8,318 |
| Netherlands | 681 | 1:24,798 | 4,037 |
| Belgium | 673 | 1:17,083 | 2,615 |
| Thailand | 590 | 1:119,726 | 17,927 |
| Italy | 518 | 1:118,063 | 19,516 |
| Russia | 390 | 1:369,546 | 36,228 |
| Nigeria | 356 | 1:497,592 | 24,866 |
| Angola | 335 | 1:80,565 | 2,305 |
| Poland | 318 | 1:119,524 | 17,797 |
| Algeria | 295 | 1:130,954 | 17,832 |
| Andorra | 282 | 1:297 | 41 |
| Oman | 213 | 1:17,314 | 1,761 |
| Guam | 206 | 1:777 | 103 |
| New Zealand | 199 | 1:22,755 | 3,990 |
| United Arab Emirates | 198 | 1:46,274 | 4,705 |
| Greece | 189 | 1:58,623 | 9,813 |
| Luxembourg | 184 | 1:3,155 | 405 |
| Japan | 180 | 1:710,246 | 17,140 |
| Ireland | 157 | 1:29,993 | 2,657 |
| India | 155 | 1:4,948,809 | 124,489 |
| Austria | 154 | 1:55,295 | 8,684 |
| Malaysia | 131 | 1:225,147 | 12,981 |
| Sweden | 113 | 1:87,139 | 6,420 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 104 | 1:1,061 | 158 |
| Jordan | 103 | 1:85,849 | 6,588 |
| Senegal | 103 | 1:141,547 | 1,226 |
| Norway | 94 | 1:54,705 | 7,856 |
| Hungary | 88 | 1:111,549 | 10,635 |
| Qatar | 84 | 1:28,071 | 3,003 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Brunei | 74 | 1:5,659 | 809 |
| Singapore | 73 | 1:75,448 | 3,146 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 71 | 1:19,211 | 2,278 |
| Suriname | 70 | 1:7,895 | 1,936 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| Mozambique | 66 | 1:413,054 | 1,399 |
| Egypt | 65 | 1:1,414,396 | 48,029 |
| Hong Kong | 62 | 1:118,314 | 2,359 |
| Kazakhstan | 62 | 1:285,202 | 24,279 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| China | 59 | 1:23,174,942 | 1,270 |
| Aruba | 55 | 1:1,881 | 275 |
| Wales | 55 | 1:56,264 | 5,128 |
| Denmark | 52 | 1:108,552 | 10,139 |
| Scotland | 47 | 1:113,911 | 7,445 |
| Cayman Islands | 44 | 1:1,452 | 190 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 44 | 1:1,240 | 173 |
| Gibraltar | 41 | 1:828 | 151 |
| Belarus | 38 | 1:250,028 | 29,656 |
| Finland | 38 | 1:144,650 | 13,416 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Lebanon | 37 | 1:152,354 | 7,395 |
| Namibia | 37 | 1:65,119 | 7,152 |
| Curaçao | 33 | 1:4,765 | 122 |
| Mauritius | 32 | 1:40,419 | 7,602 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Northern Ireland | 30 | 1:61,501 | 4,735 |
| South Korea | 30 | 1:1,708,009 | 419 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Iceland | 25 | 1:15,204 | 1,298 |
| Afghanistan | 24 | 1:1,339,716 | 11,412 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 21 | 1:4,722 | 620 |
| Macau | 21 | 1:28,649 | 336 |
| Palestine | 20 | 1:227,442 | 9,690 |
| Tunisia | 19 | 1:32,138 | 4,775 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Ghana | 17 | 1:1,589,452 | 11,524 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Vietnam | 17 | 1:5,449,768 | 2,445 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Guyana | 11 | 1:69,293 | 5,568 |
| Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
| Monaco | 10 | 1:3,707 | 328 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| Cambodia | 8 | 1:1,935,893 | 7,100 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| DR Congo | 6 | 1:12,313,262 | 182,887 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ethiopia | 3 | 1:32,515,421 | 29,577 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Laos | 3 | 1:2,196,108 | 1,879 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1:6,936,187 | 18,422 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Gambia | 2 | 1:961,726 | 1,013 |
| Grenada | 2 | 1:54,268 | 1,538 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Malawi | 2 | 1:8,559,554 | 34,093 |
| Mali | 2 | 1:8,484,518 | 4,035 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1:25,910 | 1,967 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Rwanda | 2 | 1:5,682,489 | 5,910 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Guernsey | 3 | 1:10,885 | 1,562 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 563 | 1:89,198 | 9,217 |
The alternate forms: Ramoš (14), Rámos (5), Ramós (2), Râmos (1), Ramoś (1) & Rämos (1) are calculated separately.
Ramos (27,958) may also be a first name.
Ramos Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Descendant of Ramos (palms), a name given to one born during the religious fiesta of Palm Sunday; one who came from Ramos (branch), in Spain.
Ancient surname found in Asturias, Galicia, Aragon, Leon, Castile, and Andalusia. Originated in Santander and Asturias. Derived from latin "ramus"—outgrowth, shoots, branches, as those of plants. Name of village near Cartagena.
Name common in the Peninsula. One branch in America.
User-submitted Reference
This surname is thought to be of religious origin. It translates as "branches", or "palms", a reference to Palm Sunday, the Christian feast.
- mfariacastroRamos is an Iberian surname with origin in ramus from Latin, meaning 'branch'. It was used in Portugal and Spain originally.
- luckyduckiesRamos Demographics
Average Ramos Salary in
United States
$36,848 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ramos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ramos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ramos (Arabic: راموس, Bengali: রামোস, Hindi: रामोस, Marathi: रामोस, Russian: Рамос) occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Ramoš, Rámos, Ramós, Râmos, Ramoś or Rämos. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ramos? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ramos is the 160th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,056 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Ramos are found; 45 percent are found in South America and 23 percent are found in Luso-South America. Ramos is also the 29,438th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 27,958 people.
It is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 827,932 people, or 1 in 259. In Brazil Ramos is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 23 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 11 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Brazil Ramos occurs in 196 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 17 percent reside and The Philippines, where 11 percent reside.
Ramos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ramos has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ramos surname expanded 40,605 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 31,850 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 4,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ramos Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ramos surname is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Latin Catholic (38%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Ramos last name are 42.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.25% being registered with the political party.
The amount Ramos earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 71.26% less than the national average, earning €8,631 per year; in Norway they earn 6.15% less than the national average, earning 324,795 kr per year; in Peru they earn 14.82% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,513 per year; in South Africa they earn 94.73% more than the national average, earning R 462,744 per year; in Colombia they earn 10.76% less than the national average, earning $20,259,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.6% less than the national average, earning $36,848 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.24% less than the national average, earning $47,578 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ramos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ramos in the Bengali language | ||
| রামোস | ramosa | - |
| Ramos in the Marathi language | ||
| रामोस | ramosa | 66.13 |
| रमोस | ramosa | 12.9 |
| रामुस | ramusa | 9.68 |
| रामूस | ramusa | 6.45 |
| रॅमोस | remosa | 3.23 |
| रामस | ramasa | 1.61 |
| Ramos in the Hindi language | ||
| रामोस | ramosa | 33.33 |
| रमोस | ramosa | 33.33 |
| रमोश | ramosa | 33.33 |
| Ramos in the Russian language | ||
| Рамос | ramos | - |
| Ramos in the Arabic language | ||
| راموس | ramws | - |
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