Last name: RAMSAY
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RAMSAY : This last name is indexed 218,384 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
RAMSAY : Scottish and English: variant (the usual spelling in Scotland) of Ramsey. The Scottish Ramsays derive from Simund de Ramesie recorded before 1175 who went to Scotland from Ramsey (Huntingdonshire).
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