Ramsbotton Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Ramsbotton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ramsbottom,' a populous village in the township of Tottington-Lower End, and in the ancient parish of Bury, Lancashire Nearly all the surnames with suffix -bottom or botham hail from S.

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Ramsbotton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Ramsbotton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ramsbottom,' a populous village in the township of Tottington-Lower End, and in the ancient parish of Bury, Lancashire Nearly all the surnames with suffix -bottom or botham hail from S.E. Lancashire or the Cheshire border; v. Higginbotham, Shufflebotham, Sidebotham, &c.

Adam Romsbotham, Rossendale. Lancashire, 1556: Wills at Chester.

Ellis Romsbotham, husbandman, Lancashire 1587: ibid.

William Romesbotham, 1602: Preston Guild Rolls.

John Romsbottom, of Romsbottom, 1614: Wills at Chester.

John Ramsbothom, of Elton, parish of Bury, 1693: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Ramsbottom (Lancs) = the Ram’s Valley [the genit. of Old English ram(m, a ram + botm] The forms of this name with -bothom, -botham are frequently found in the 16th cent., e.g.— Richard Romesbothom.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1558.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ramsbottom is a place in Clitheroe and a hamlet near Bury: in the 16th century Sir Henry Ramsbottom was a priest of Haslingden: in the 15th century Margaret Remesbothome held land in Rossendale Forest (W. W.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Ramsbotton Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ramsbotton Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ramsbotton is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ramsbotton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ramsbotton are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly found in: Alabama, where 50 percent are found and Washington, where 50 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 25 percent are found.

Ramsbotton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ramsbotton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ramsbotton surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ramsbotton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Ramsbotton surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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