The Ramseyer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 960 people carried this name — #25,684 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 905 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
937 people named Ramseyer live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 611 people named Ramseyer 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 Santa Fe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 139 people named Ramseyer.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Ramseyer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Friedrich August Ramseyer 1840–1914 · missionary -
Christian William Ramseyer 1875–1943 · lawyer -
Adolf Ramseyer 1883–1951 · association football player -
Rudolf Ramseyer 1897–1943 · association football player -
Macy Garth Ramseyer d. 1951 · writer
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Johann Ulrich Ramseyer 1851–1926 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ramseyer.
- Ramond 129 · U.S. census
- Ramone 439 · U.S. census
- Ramont 125 · U.S. census
- Ramos 263,464 · U.S. census
- Ramponi 212 · U.S. census
- Rams 296 · U.S. census
- Ramus 557 · U.S. census
- Rana 7,145 · U.S. census
- Ranaldi 186 · U.S. census
- Rance 957 · U.S. census
- Rancher 249 · U.S. census
- Rancier 181 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ramseyer is.
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