Ramsden Surname
Approximately 14,020 people bear this surname
Ramsden Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ramsden,' i.e. the ram's den or dean. Anglo-Saxon ram, rom + den, a dell, glen, or dingle. Some small spot, probably in the West Riding of of Yorkshire, has given birth to a large contingent of Ramsdens resident in that county; compare the places Ramsbotham, Lancashire, and Ramsgill, West Riding of Yorks; compare also Ramsden, a parish in the Diocese Oxford.
Read More About This SurnameRamsden Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7,922 | 1:7,033 | 1,022 |
| United States | 2,485 | 1:145,859 | 15,062 |
| Australia | 1,235 | 1:21,859 | 3,021 |
| Canada | 833 | 1:44,232 | 5,463 |
| South Africa | 598 | 1:90,598 | 11,105 |
| New Zealand | 199 | 1:22,755 | 3,990 |
| Botswana | 132 | 1:16,568 | 3,236 |
| Wales | 100 | 1:30,945 | 3,130 |
| Scotland | 100 | 1:53,538 | 4,539 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 41 | 1:33,268 | 3,344 |
| Spain | 40 | 1:1,168,801 | 40,601 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Northern Ireland | 25 | 1:73,801 | 5,249 |
| Mexico | 21 | 1:5,910,772 | 31,438 |
| Ireland | 18 | 1:261,608 | 9,673 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Isle of Man | 18 | 1:4,768 | 1,008 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Guyana | 14 | 1:54,444 | 4,775 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 19 | 1:233,151 | 10,389 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5,449 | 1:4,473 | 679 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:267,373 | 8,913 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 268 | 1:187,383 | 16,555 |
Ramsden (21) may also be a first name.
Ramsden Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ramsden,' i.e. the ram's den or dean. Anglo-Saxon ram, rom + den, a dell, glen, or dingle. Some small spot, probably in the West Riding of of Yorkshire, has given birth to a large contingent of Ramsdens resident in that county; compare the places Ramsbotham, Lancashire, and Ramsgill, West Riding of Yorks; compare also Ramsden, a parish in the Diocese Oxford.
Thomas de Rammesden, Essex.
Wilathaus de Romsdeyn, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1562. Married — Humfraye Ramsdon and Alys Skepens: St. Dionis Backchurch.
1607. Hugh Ramsden, Yorkshire, Magd. Hall: Register of the University of Oxford.
1801. Married — John Ramsden and Mary Salter: St. George, Hanover Square.
A surname of late introduction from across the Border, from some place of the name probably in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Ramsden is an ancient Yorkshire surname.
(English) belonging to Ramsden = 1 the Ram’s Valley [the genit. of Old English ram(m, a ram + denu, a valley] 2 = Ram(m)’s Valley [the pers. name from the animal-name, as above] 3 = Hræm(n)’s Valley [Old English hræm(n, a raven] One of the Essex Ramsdens was Rammesden in the 13th cent., as also was the Oxfd. Ramsden. The Yorkshire place was Romsdeyn in the 14th cent. The Hampshire tything is variantly Ramsdean.
(English) One who came from Ramsden (ram valley), the name of several places in England.
A hamlet in co. Oxon, and a place near Bury, co. Lancaster. Two parishes in Essex are called Ramsdon.
(Saxon.) Local. The winding valley, or the extremity of the valley.
A location name in Essex, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire.
Ramsden is an ancient Yorkshire name. An old gentle family of Ramsden resided at Crawstone, Halifax, in the 16th century; and the vicar of Halifax, early in the 17th century, bore this name (W.), Ramsden was the name of two mayors of Pontefract in the middle of the 17th century (M.). John Ramsden was high sheriff of the county of York in 1636 and 1672. William Ramsden, merchant, was lord mayor of York in 1675, and the sheriff of that city in 1637 bore the same name (D.). Ramsden was the name of three mayors of Hull in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. (Tickell's "Hull"). The name is still in Pontefract, Halifax, York, and Hull. Ramsden is a place in Lancashire.
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Ramsden Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ramsden Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ramsden is found most in England. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ramsden? popularity and diffusion
It is the 37,559th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 519,796 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Ramsden live; 59 percent live in Northern Europe and 58 percent live in British Isles. Ramsden is also the 2,368,944th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.
The last name Ramsden is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 7,922 people, or 1 in 7,033. In England it is most frequent in: West Yorkshire, where 23 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 12 percent live and South Yorkshire, where 8 percent live. Aside from England this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.
Ramsden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ramsden has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Ramsden last name expanded 145 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 927 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 714 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 5 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Ramsden Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (74%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Ramsden last name are 9.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.88% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ramsden earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 33.99% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,974 per year; in South Africa they earn 71.36% more than the national average, earning R 407,220 per year; in United States they earn 5.01% more than the national average, earning $45,310 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.69% more than the national average, earning $55,490 CAD per year.
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