Ramon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
From the historical and enchanting region of Spain emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Ramon family. Originally, the Spanish people were known only by a single name. The process by which hereditary surnames were adopted in Spain is extremely interesting. Surnames evolved during the Middle Ages when people began to assume an extra name to avoid confusion and to further identify themselves. Often they adopted names that were derived from nicknames. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name.
Early Origins of the Ramon family
The surname Ramon was first found in Castile, a region of north-central Spain.
Early History of the Ramon family
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Ramon Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Ramos, Ramis, Ramo, Rama, Ramas, Rams, Ramón and many more.
Early Notables of the Ramon family
Notable bearers of the family name Ramon were Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja (c.1440-1522), Spanish mathematician, music theorist, and composer; Francisco Ramos del Manzano, created Count of Francos in...
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Ramon Ranking
In the United States, the name Ramon is the 3,684th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Ramon is ranked the 1,651st most popular surname with an estimated 3,643 people with that name. 2
Ramon migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Ramon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Anto Ramon, who landed in Texas in 1835 3
- F Ramon, aged 27, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1857 3
- J Ramon, aged 31, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1858 3
- C Ramon, aged 38, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1858 3
- Francisco Ramon, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860 3
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Contemporary Notables of the name Ramon (post 1700) +
- Andrew Ramon, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate in primary for Texas State House of Representatives 116th District, 2000 4
- Adolph L. Ramon, American politician, Independent Candidate for Mayor of Glen Cove, New York, 1951 4
- Domingo Jesús Ramón (b. 1958), retired long-distance runner from Spain
- Antonio Ramón Ramón (1879-1924), Spanish anarchist
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), Spanish physician
- Ilan Ramon (1954-2003), first Israeli astronaut, he was the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed with the rest of the shuttle's crew when it disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere
- Miriam Elitsavet Ramón (b. 1973), retired female athlete from Ecuador
- Haim Ramon (b. 1950), Israeli politician
- Steve Ramon (b. 1979), Belgian motocross racer
- J. Ramon Solana, American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1943 5
Citations +
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 24) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html