Explore the Family Name Rampley

The meaning of Rampley

English (Suffolk and Norfolk): perhaps a nickname for a person perceived as obsequious, from an unrecorded Old French rampolie, a derivative of either Old French ramper ‘to climb’ or Old French rampir ‘to creep, crawl’. It may survive in French rampolie, a 19th-century dialect word (in Meuse) for the tree creeper.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Rampley has seen a noticeable decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Rampley was ranked the 34,342nd most popular surname, but by 2010 it had dropped to the 37,899th position, indicating a change of -10.36 percent. The count of individuals with this surname also declined from 624 in 2000 to 586 in 2010, marking a reduction of -6.09 percent. Correspondingly, the proportion of people named Rampley per 100,000 decreased by -13.04 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,342	#37,899	-10.36%
Count	624	586	-6.09%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.2	-13.04%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rampley

As for the ethnic identity linked to the surname Rampley, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals minimal changes from 2000 to 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, with the percentage slightly decreasing from 96.96 percent in 2000 to 96.08 percent in 2010. The Hispanic representation within the Rampley surname increased from 1.12 percent in 2000 to 2.05 percent in 2010, indicating a significant growth of 83.04 percent. Meanwhile, there were no recorded instances of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.96%	96.08%	-0.91%
Hispanic	1.12%	2.05%	83.04%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%