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

The Ramel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 384 people carried this name — #53,802 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 372 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,247 people named Ramel.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 30
Haute-Savoie 139
Ille-et-Vilaine 117
Ain 89
Paris 77
Rhône 70
Doubs 65
Isère 63
Hérault 58

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

429 people named Ramel live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 147
Aargau 48
Zurich 46
Solothurn 45
Fribourg 28
Geneva 27
Bern 27
Neuchâtel 12

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.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 66 people named Ramel 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 Entre Ríos.

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

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 39
Santa Fe 27

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

In Poland’s population register

53 people named Ramel have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 63 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Podlaskie.

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

Where they live today

Podlaskie 25
West Pomeranian 14
Greater Poland 9
Pomeranian 5

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

166 people named Ramel is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 166

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Ramel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ove Ramel
    Ove Ramel 1637–1685
  • Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret
    Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret 1760–1829 · lawyer
  • Henrik Ramel 1550–1610 · civil servant
  • Henrik Ramel 1601–1653 · judge
  • Birgitte Ramel 1628–1646
  • Malte Ramel 1684–1752 · businessperson

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

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Surnames next to Ramel.

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