Rameau surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Rameau surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 462 people carried this name — #46,138 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 23% from 375 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,468 people named Rameau.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Yonne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Yonne 271
Nièvre 199
Saône-et-Loire 193
Paris 186
Loiret 85
Maine-et-Loire 44
Côte-d’Or 35
Cher 31

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Rameau live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

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

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 13
Vaud 8
Geneva 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Rameau,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean-Philippe Rameau
    Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683–1764 · composer
  • Jean-François Rameau
    Jean-François Rameau 1716–1777 · composer
  • Félicie Rameau d. 1895 · composer
  • Jacques Rameau d. 1960
  • Pierre Rameau 1674–1748 · writer
  • Claude Rameau 1689–1761 · organist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Rameau.

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