Rameau is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rameau
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: It is in Burgundy (89, 71) that the name is the most common. This is mostly a place name designating a leafy location, a small wood (sen attested in Old French for the word "Rameil"). The connection with the celebration of Palm Sunday is doubtful (this use of the term dates from the mid-sixteenth century). It may possibly consider a nickname for a pilgrim (see Paumier). Variants and related forms: RAMAU (40, 89), Ramaud (87), Ramault, Ramaut (59) Ramaux (39, 86), Rameaud (87), Palm (39, 87, 71), Rameil (09, 83 ), Ramel (74, 83, 43).

How popular is Rameau?

Rameau is common in France.

Rameau is ranked 59164 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Rameaus grew by 23.2 per cent to 462 since 2000 and ranked 46138 after elevating 5939 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 71.86 59.47
White 22.29 30.4
Hispanic or Latino 3.25 3.2
Others 1.95 6.67
Rameau is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Haiti which signifies that it is originated from Haiti. Around 7822 people have been found who wears Rameau as their family name. Rameau is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,005 Cayman Islands7
6,270 Hong Kong3
14,054 China3
6,462 Ivory Coast2
11,224 Cameroon2
1,143 French Polynesia2
1,421 Gabon2
54,641 Sweden2
118,441 Germany2
960 Saint Lucia2
1,704,541 India1
2,040 Mali1
34,581 Chile1
13,606 Senegal1
7,895 South Korea1
279,271 Australia1
58,885 Poland1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
38,830 Morocco1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,591 Belgium37
28,564 Switzerland36
107,506 England27
68,343 Spain23
3,830 Luxembourg20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
48,377 Canada64
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Rameau:
49,896 United States533
3,369 Uruguay147
Countries with thousands of Rameau:
341 Haiti4,262
2,942 France2,584
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Comments

M
Marsha Cottingham
branch is a topographic name designating a leafy spot, wood, domain name.

Rameau Namesakes

  • Marie-Alexandrine Rameau, Jean-Philippe Rameau's daughter
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer

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