Where does the name "ramos" come from, back from 16th century?

Question

My last name is Sandoval but my mothers last name is Ramos.I have been told my mothers last name comes from Britain London from back in 16th century.How can I find info. on this from that far back

Answer 1

Ramos is not a name that you would find widely in Britain. To find out where your mother's family came from, you cannot pick a place from the past and assume that they came from that place, you have to trace your lineage back, generation by generation, beginning with your mother, then your grandmother, great grandmother and so on, it is the only way.

Ramos: Last name origins & meanings:

Portugese and Spanish: habitational name from any of the towns called Ramos, in Portugal and Spain.

Portuguese and Spanish: from the plural of ramo ‘branch’ (Latin ramus), a topographic name for someone who lived in a thickly wooded area.

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Sandoval: Last name origin & meaning:

Spanish: habitational name from any of the places named Sandoval, in particular the one in Burgos, also those in Murcia and Málaga, earlier called Sannoval, from Latin saltus ‘grove’, ‘wood’ + novalis ‘newly cleared land’.

What a coincidence that Ramos and Sandoval seem to have so very similar meanings.

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Surname: Ramos

This surname can truly be described as international, in that it is recorded in its various relevant spellings in every European country. These spelling forms include Ram, Ramm, Ramas, Ramos, Rampling, Ramard, and many other diminutive forms. To add to the confusion there are three quite separate meanings and origins, which may or may not, mean the samething in each different country! In general the surnames Ram, Ramm and Ramme were originally nicknames for a lusty man, although it may also refer to a shepherd, or possibly somebody who lived at an inn with the sign of the Ram. The surnames Ramm, Rama, Ramas and Ramos may have the same meaning or may derive from the word 'raim' meaning a thickly wooded area, and describing one who lived at such a place. Finally the name can be locational for a person who lived by a 'ram'. This was a pre 7th century Scandinavian word used by the Vikings to meaning a boundary post, and again recorded throughout northern Europe. What is certain is that this is one of the earliest of all surnames, and examples taken from the civil registers include Geoffrey Ram of Essex, England, in the year 1274, Konrad Rame of Eblingen, Germany, in 1350, and Claus Rams, also of Eblingen, in 1377. Slightly later church recordings include Juan Ramos of Nuestra Senora la Antigua, Valladolid, Spain, on October 9th 1535, and Joan Pau Ramo, at Santa Maria, Mataro, Barcelona, on January 6th 1552. Mariano Ramos was christened at Carmel Mission, Monterey, California, on June 6th 1839, and Adolph H Ramm at San Francisco on September 2nd 1877. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hendricus Ram, which was dated 1188, in the register of the abbey of Bury St Edmunds, England, during the reign of King Henry 11, known as 'The church builder', 1154 - 1189.