Ramswell Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Ramswell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ramswell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England721:773,86242,299
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671

Ramswell Last Name Facts

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

Ramswell occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ramswell? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ramswell is the 1,894,523rd most common family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Ramswell reside; 81 percent reside in Northern Europe and 81 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 773,862. In England Ramswell is most prevalent in: Buckinghamshire, where 38 percent live, Hampshire, where 22 percent live and Bedfordshire, where 10 percent live. Beside England this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 6 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.

Ramswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ramswell has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Ramswell surname rose 288 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ramsbell887/
Ranswell881/
Ramsuell880/
Roomswell820/
Ransbell756/
Ranswill753/
Ronswell750/
Ramsbill750/
Rounswell710/
Ramsbøl6721/
Rosenswell671/
Ranjweel631/
Rounswel630/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ramswell
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