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Religious surname · Spanish

Ramos

"branches"

Say it

RAH-mos

Where it comes from

ramos (branches, palm fronds), for Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday)

Meaning of the surname Ramos

Ramos is a Spanish surname of the religious type meaning "branches". It is one of the 50 most common surnames in Mexico. Thirty-second in Mexico.

Given at baptism or taken from the church calendar: Cruz (cross), Santos (saints), de la Cruz, Santiago, Reyes (kings, for Epiphany), Trinidad, Guadalupe.

In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Ramos appears as either half of a pair: Ramos García, López Ramos. Read how the two-surname system works.

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