Explore the Family Name Ramp

The meaning of Ramp

German and Swiss German: variant of Rampf, from Middle High German ramft, ranft ‘edge, wall, crust (of bread)’; applied as a topographic name for someone who lived at the limit or outer edge of some topographic feature, for example a field, or possibly, in the sense ‘crust’, a nickname for a poor person.

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How common is the last name Ramp in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Ramp has seen a decrease in popularity over the years. In 2000, it ranked 32,338th in the United States but fell to 37,076th by 2010, marking a decline of 14.65%. The actual count of people with this surname also decreased from 671 in 2000 to 602 in 2010, showing a reduction of 10.28%. Accordingly, the proportion per 100,000 people dropped by 20% during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#32,338	#37,076	-14.65%
Count	671	602	-10.28%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.2	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ramp

Analyzing the ethnicity of individuals with the surname Ramp, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, there are some noticeable changes over the decade from 2000 to 2010. Most people with this surname are white, though this percentage decreased slightly from 95.53% in 2000 to 92.36% in 2010. There was a remarkable increase in those identifying as Asian or Pacific Islander, rising from 0.75% in 2000 to 2.16% in 2010, an increase of 188%. Similarly, the percentage of people with this surname who identified as Hispanic rose by 73.88%, and those who reported as two or more races increased by 36.57%. There were no individuals who identified as Black, American Indian, or Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.53%	92.36%	-3.32%
Hispanic	1.34%	2.33%	73.88%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.75%	2.16%	188%
Two or More Races	1.34%	1.83%	36.57%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%