Ramírez (surname)

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:

1. Canary Islands (1:149)
2. Andalusia (1:179)
3. La Rioja (1:264)
4. Castilla–La Mancha (1:276)
5. Ceuta (1:295)
6. Community of Madrid (1:336)

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

1. Chiquimula (1:15)
2. San Marcos (1:22)
3. Zacapa (1:26)
4. Izabal (1:35)
5. Esquintla (1:40)
6. El Progreso (1:40)
7. Quetzaltenango (1:43)
8. Jutiapa (1:50)
9. Retalhuleu (1:51)
10. Santa Rosa (1:54)
11. Petén (1:58)

In Mexico, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:62) in the following states:^[2]

1. Guanajuato (1:32)
2. Oaxaca (1:43)
3. Querétaro (1:49)
4. Colima (1:54)
5. Jalisco (1:55)
6. Hidalgo (1:56)
7. Coahuila (1:58)
8. State of Mexico (1:60)
9. Mexico City (1:60)
10. Aguascalientes (1:61)

• 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
• Carlos Betances Ramírez (1910–2001), Puerto Rican Army Colonel
• Cecil Ramirez (died 2000), Belizean inmate
• Chamaco Ramirez (1941–1983), Puerto Rican salsa singer and composer
• Cierra Ramirez (born 1995), American actress
• Cristian Ramírez (born 1994), Ecuadorian football player
• Cuauhtémoc Sandoval Ramírez (1950–2012), Mexican politician
• Dania Ramírez (born 1979), Dominican actress
• Daniel Ramírez Romero (born 1995), Spanish singer
• Danny Ramirez (born 1992), American actor
• Danny Ramirez (baseball), American baseball player and coach
• David Noel Ramírez Padilla (1950–2025), Mexican academic administrator
• Diana Velázquez Ramírez (born 1970), Mexican politician
• Dubán Ramírez (born 1965), Colombian road cyclist
• Édgar Ramirez Arellano (born 1987), Venezuelan actor
• Edwar Ramírez (born 1981), relief pitcher for the New York Yankees
• Efren Ramírez (born 1973), American actor
• Emma Ramírez (born 2002), Spanish footballer
• Emmanuel Ramírez (born 1994), Dominican baseball player
• Erasmo Ramirez (left-handed pitcher) (born 1976), American baseball player
• Erasmo Ramírez (right-handed pitcher) (born 1990), Nicaraguan baseball player
• Erwin Ramírez (born 1971), Ecuadorian football player
• Fabiola Ramírez (born 1990), Mexican Paralympic swimmer
• Fernando Ramírez de Haro, 16th Count of Bornos (born 1949)
• Fernando Ramírez de Haro, 10th Marquis of Villanueva del Duero (born 1976)
• García Ramírez of Navarre (1112–1150), of the Jiménez dynasty
• Gastón Ramírez (born 1990), Uruguayan football player
• Gloria Ramirez (1963–1994), American the toxic lady
• Hanley Ramírez (born 1983), first baseman for the Boston Red Sox
• Harold Ramírez (born 1994), Colombian baseball player
• Héctor Fabián Ramírez (born 1982), Colombian footballer
• Hernán Ramírez Necochea (1917–1979), Chilean historian
• Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (born 1949; also known as Carlos the Jackal), Venezuelan terrorist
• Jaime Patricio Ramírez (born 1967), Chilean football player
• Jennifer Ramírez Rivero (1978–2018), Venezuelan model and businesswoman
• Jesús Emilio Ramírez (1904–1981), Colombian geophysicist
• José Ramírez (disambiguation), multiple people
• Juan Andrés Ramírez (1947–2025), Uruguayan lawyer and politician
• Juan Diego Ramírez (born 1971), Colombian road cyclist
• Juan Sánchez Ramírez (1762–1811), Dominican Army General and Governor of the Dominican Republic
• Juana Ramírez (1790–1856), Venezuelan independence fighter
• Laureano Ramírez (born 1965), Dominican flyweight boxer
• Lucas Ramirez (born 2006), Dominican-Brazilian baseball player
• Luis Ramírez de Lucena, 16th-century Spanish chess grandmaster
• Manny Ramírez (born 1972), former MLB left fielder
• Maria Teresa Ramírez (born 1954), Mexican freestyle swimmer
• Mario Ramírez Treviño (born 1962), Mexican drug lord
• Marisa Ramirez (born 1977), American actress
• Martín Ramírez (1895–1963), self-taught 20th-century artist
• Mayra Ramírez (born 1999), Colombian football player
• Michael Ramirez (born 1961), American editorial cartoonist
• Noé Ramirez (born 1989), American baseball player
• Pablo Ramírez (born 1964), Spanish-language sports commentator
• Paul Henry Ramirez (born 1963), American contemporary painter
• Pedro Pablo Ramírez (1884–1962), 27th President of Argentina
• Phytos Ramirez (born 1995), Filipino actor and model
• Pilar Ramírez (born 1964), Mexican synchronized swimmer
• Pocholo Ramírez (de Arellano) (1932–2009), Filipino car racer and TV host
• Ramón Ramírez (born 1969), Mexican footballer
• Raúl Ramírez (born 1953), Mexican tennis player
• Richard Ramirez (1960–2013), American serial killer known as "the Night Stalker" or "the Valley Intruder"
• Richard Ramirez (musician) (born 1970), noise musician
• Samuel Ramirez (farmer) (died 2000), Guatemalan shot in Belize
• Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragon (1042–1094)
• Sancho Ramírez, Count of Ribagorza (died 1117)
• Sara Ramirez (born 1975), Mexican actress and singer
• Sergio Ramírez (born 1942), vice-president of Nicaragua and writer
• Sue Ramirez (born 1996), Filipino actress and singer
• Tulio Ramírez Padilla (1960–2026), Venezuelan Roman Catholic bishop
• Twiggy Ramirez (born 1971), pseudonym of Jeordie White, bass guitarist for the band Marilyn Manson
• Victor Ramirez (disambiguation), several people
• Yohan Ramírez (born 1995), Dominican baseball player
• Thea Garcia-Ramirez, Belizean women's rights activist and politician

• 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

• Ramirez family (farmers), various people shot in Belize