Ramírez

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 40.1% of all known bearers of the surname Ramírez were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:62), 10.2% of Colombia (1:95), 8.3% of the United States (1:874), 5.4% of Venezuela (1:112), 5.3% of Guatemala (1:61), 4.3% of Peru (1:149), 3.6% of Argentina (1:239), 2.8% of Spain (1:336), 2.7% of the Philippines (1:768), 2.6% of the Dominican Republic (1:79), 2.1% of Chile (1:169), 2.0% of El Salvador (1:65), 1.9% of Cuba (1:123), 1.7% of Honduras (1:105), 1.7% of Paraguay (1:88), 1.3% of Costa Rica (1:72) and 1.2% of Ecuador (1:273).

In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:336) in the following regions:

Canary Islands (1:149)

Andalusia (1:179)

La Rioja (1:264)

Castilla–La Mancha (1:276)

Ceuta (1:295)

Community of Madrid (1:336)

In Guatemala, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:61) in the following departments:

Chiquimula (1:15)

San Marcos (1:22)

Zacapa (1:26)

Izabal (1:35)

Esquintla (1:40)

El Progreso (1:40)

Quetzaltenango (1:43)

Jutiapa (1:50)

Retalhuleu (1:51)

Santa Rosa (1:54)

Petén (1:58)

In Mexico, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:62) in the following states:

Guanajuato (1:32)

Oaxaca (1:43)

Querétaro (1:49)

Colima (1:54)

Jalisco (1:55)

Hidalgo (1:56)

Coahuila (1:58)

State of Mexico (1:60)

Mexico City (1:60)

Aguascalientes (1:61)

People

Agustín Ramírez (disambiguation), multiple people

Ainissa Ramirez (born 1969), American materials scientist and science communicator

Albertina Ramírez (1898–1979), Nicaraguan Roman Catholic mystic and religious leader

Alex Ramírez (born 1974), left fielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars

Alexei Ramírez (born 1981), Cuban baseball player

Ana María Ramírez (born 1948), Peruvian volleyball player

Angel Ramirez (politician), American politician

Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano, 3rd Duke of Rivas (1791–1865), Spanish poet and politician

Anna Ramírez (beach volleyball) (born 1984), Guatemalan athlete

Antonia Ramírez (died 2024), Salvadoran singer and language activist

Aramis Ramírez (born 1978), third-baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Ariel Ramírez (1921–2010), Argentinian composer and pianist

Brandon Ramírez (born 2008), Salvadoran footballer

Carlos Ramírez (born 1991), Dominican baseball player

Carlos Ramírez Suárez (1902–1978), Spanish lawyer and writer

Fictional characters

Cruz Ramirez from Cars 3

Eddie Ramirez from Nemesis: Reloaded

Emily Ramirez from Close Enough

James Ramirez from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Jeremy Ramirez from The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius

Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez (Sean Connery's character in the Highlander films)

Ophelia Ramírez from The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

Ruby Ramirez from Rusty Rivets

Soos Ramirez from Gravity Falls

Tuco Ramírez from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

In Modern Family, Gloria's maiden name is Ramírez

Helen Ramirez from High Noon

Ramírez is an arthritic old man wearing a Homburg hat in The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

the protagonist of the videogame Little Misfortune

Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano from The Heroes of Olympus

Other

Ramirez family (farmers), various people shot in Belize