The Rambo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,154 people carried this name — #4,916 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,096 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 296 people named Rambo live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Misiones 201
Chaco 34
Buenos Aires Province 29
Corrientes 20
Entre Ríos 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 23 people named Rambo.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Martinique.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Martinique 14
Haut-Rhin 2
Landes 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

26 families named Rambo, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 140 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 22
South Carolina 4

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 258 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Rambo in American newspapers,
1917–1920.

Newspaper page from The Colfax Chronicle carrying the name Rambo
The Colfax Chronicle 1917-10-13
Newspaper page from The Colfax Chronicle carrying the name Rambo
The Colfax Chronicle 1918-09-28
Newspaper page from The Colfax Chronicle carrying the name Rambo
The Colfax Chronicle 1920-06-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 883 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rambo in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1980s.

146 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rambo. The most, 57, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 64
New South Wales 33
Queensland 22
South Australia 15
ACT (Canberra) 5
Western Australia 4
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rambo.

Who carried it

People named Rambo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel H. Rambo
    Samuel H. Rambo 1843–1920 · politician
  • Sylvia H. Rambo
    Sylvia H. Rambo 1936–2024 · judge
  • Dack Rambo
    Dack Rambo 1941–1994 · film actor
  • John Rambo 1661–1741 · politician
  • Francis Ralph Rambo 1894–1990 · illustrator
  • Balduíno Rambo 1906–1961 · naturalist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rambo,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States426 records

426 records of the Rambo name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 272
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 103
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 15
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kenneth B. Rambo

    Born 1913 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1943 at San Francisco, California; clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Libero Rambo

    Arrived at New York in 1902 aboard the Spartan Prince from Naples, aged 25; laborer. From Sassinoro, Benevento, Italy; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Arthur John Rambo

    Born 1944; from Libby, Montana. U.S. Army, cannon crewmember; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 426 records for Rambo in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Norway17 records

17 records of the Rambo name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Torvald Kristian Rambo

    Census of 1910: Pindsle, Sandeherred; farmer, born 1884 in Hedrum.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Sigvart Rambo

    Census of 1910: Rambo, Hedrum; farmer, born 1879 in Hedrum.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Helvik Rambo

    Census of 1910: Rambo, Hedrum; "opholdkone", born 1854 in Hedrum.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Rambo in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Germany9 records

9 records of the Rambo name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Cäsar Rambo

    From Hamburg. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 17 August 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 75).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Josef Rambo

    From Kärlich, Coblenz. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 12 May 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Paul Rambo

    From Rosenberg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 15 December 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Rambo in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France8 records

8 records of the Rambo name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Aquilina Oliva Rambo

    Born 1914 in Spain; died 1991 in Blaye (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Otto Louis Philippe Rambo

    Born 1900 in Mulhouse; died 1985 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Josephine Rambo

    Born 1895 in Aire-sur-l'Adour (Landes); died 1972 in Espalion (Aveyron).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Rambo in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Rambo name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Flora Harriet Rambo

    Died 1989; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Bates Rambo

    Listed at St. Andrews, Sydney, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1827.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Melicent Job Rambo

    Born 1873 in Cape North, Victoria, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Rambo in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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