Ramsay is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ramsay
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ramsay

How popular is Ramsay?

Ramsay is common in United States.

Ramsay is ranked 10506 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ramsay bearers increased by 7.393202 per cent in 2010 US census to 8120 since 2000, the surname slipped by 33 spots and ranked at 4380. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.66 81.71
Black 16.64 13.25
Hispanic or Latino 2.48 1.96
Others 2.2 2.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.74 0.61
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.41
Ramsay is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Barbados is ahead in terms of density. Around 51179 people have been found who wears Ramsay as their family name. Ramsay is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
5,049 Costa Rica10
8,582 Japan6
7,031 China6
9,053 Senegal5
14,126 Colombia3
156 Tonga3
4,881 Oman3
2,672 Mozambique3
127,708 Czech Republic3
15,956 Venezuela3
1,389 Grenada3
14,193 Egypt3
8,995 Uganda2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
31,767 Greece2
10,183 Jordan2
6,266 Luxembourg2
405 British Virgin Islands2
28,083 Romania2
8,181 Botswana1
408 Åland1
12,741 Ecuador1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
10,683 Cyprus1
6,820 Angola1
2,211 Brunei1
165,773 Belarus1
1,879 Belize1
7,941 Guatemala1
1,818 Guernsey1
9,498 Iceland1
5,553 Taiwan1
7,895 South Korea1
49,529 Israel1
53,505 Turkey1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
2,024 Mongolia1
6,688 Malawi1
1,572 Macau1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
12,270 Lebanon1
17,575 Kuwait1
3,071 Jersey1
53,033 Nigeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,620 Singapore30
8,720 Qatar29
213 Cayman Islands29
11,444 Portugal28
57,220 Netherlands27
514 Isle of Man27
495 Antigua and Barbuda25
366 Bermuda25
43,584 Zimbabwe24
52,530 Belgium22
28,338 Norway20
5,663 Thailand18
886 United States Virgin Islands18
29,040 Denmark15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
406,964 Russia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
40,500 Tanzania85
2,858 Hong Kong83
31,604 Spain77
462 The Bahamas77
57,588 Argentina75
85,668 Italy56
235,009 India54
Countries with hundreds of Ramsay:
21,418 Philippines644
19,380 Germany538
176 Barbados372
1,163 Wales339
7,729 Ghana320
473 Guyana300
7,448 Peru285
35,533 France282
8,346 Malaysia228
52,914 Brazil191
1,918 Panama179
4,584 Finland169
2,580 Ireland169
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
8,235 Switzerland144
6,823 Sweden138
23,602 Mexico131
2,043 Mauritius128
7,901 United Arab Emirates122
1,995 Northern Ireland119
8,701 Chile108
1,750 Trinidad and Tobago101
Countries with thousands of Ramsay:
869 England8,540
680 Canada7,081
551 Australia5,418
127 Scotland4,962
1,571 South Africa4,237
164 Jamaica2,856
414 New Zealand1,512
Countries with ten thousands of Ramsay:
3,828 United States10,440
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 21 years old immigrant John Ramsay who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 12, 1846 by Ottowa put out from Liverpool. 22 years old Sarah Ramsay, Balthia Ramsay (20) Spinster, Betty Ramsay (25) Maid, Carpenter Samuel Ramsay, Mrs Ramsay (38) Carpenter, Samuel Ramsay, aged 9, 20 years old Isabelle Ramsay, Michael Ramsay (10) Workman, and 41 other Ramsay around 30.43% of whom were workman while others worked as carpenter and farmer migrated to US.

Ramsay Namesakes

  • Rob Ramsay, Actor
  • William Mitchell Ramsay, Archaeologist
  • Gordon Ramsay, Chef
  • Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, British Politician
  • Alberta Ramsay, Musical Artist
  • Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Film director
  • Allan Ramsay, Poet
  • Silas Alexander Ramsay, Politician
  • Gordon Ramsay, Chef
  • Derek Ramsay, Model
  • Chris Ramsay played key role of Niko in 2011 action and crime flick Juliet is the Sun.

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