Ramus

See also: ramus and rámus

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from French Ramus, from Old French ramu (“branch”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a wooded place.
• Borrowed from Dutch Ramus, from a personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *hrabnaz (“raven”) and *waldą (“might, power, force”).

Proper noun

Ramus (plural Ramuses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ramus is the 39486^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 557 individuals. Ramus is most common among White (68.22%) and Hispanic/Latino (24.78%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ramus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.