Lamas Surname
Approximately 52,025 people bear this surname
Lamas Surname Definition:
Found in Galicia, Leon, Castile, and Andalusia. Name of several villages near Orense, Compostela, Mondonedo, Lugo, and Santander. Probably derived from latin "lama" - mud, slime, ooze. Modern usage applies name to high priest of Tibet, called a Lama or Blama in Spanish.
Read More About This SurnameLamas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 13,614 | 1:3,140 | 388 |
| Mexico | 8,555 | 1:14,509 | 1,282 |
| Spain | 7,547 | 1:6,195 | 776 |
| United States | 5,204 | 1:69,650 | 8,088 |
| Brazil | 2,955 | 1:72,445 | 2,702 |
| Venezuela | 2,656 | 1:11,372 | 1,024 |
| Bolivia | 2,527 | 1:4,201 | 626 |
| Portugal | 1,793 | 1:5,811 | 578 |
| Chile | 1,360 | 1:12,953 | 1,012 |
| Peru | 1,356 | 1:23,440 | 2,625 |
| Cuba | 1,175 | 1:9,807 | 862 |
| Uruguay | 688 | 1:4,988 | 570 |
| France | 511 | 1:129,986 | 19,844 |
| Puerto Rico | 374 | 1:9,492 | 494 |
| Ecuador | 297 | 1:53,555 | 4,862 |
| Costa Rica | 170 | 1:28,118 | 842 |
| Indonesia | 148 | 1:893,576 | 66,999 |
| Yemen | 117 | 1:225,857 | 8,959 |
| Dominican Republic | 108 | 1:96,601 | 4,209 |
| Switzerland | 106 | 1:77,480 | 8,969 |
| Paraguay | 100 | 1:72,367 | 1,860 |
| Greece | 83 | 1:133,491 | 22,215 |
| Panama | 65 | 1:60,189 | 2,750 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Luxembourg | 30 | 1:19,351 | 4,315 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 1:675,487 | 54,943 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Honduras | 9 | 1:979,605 | 4,574 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Cape Verde | 7 | 1:75,663 | 2,587 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34 | 1:716,923 | 33,560 |
| Isle of Man | 4 | 1:13,567 | 1,192 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 76 | 1:660,772 | 43,333 |
Lamas (382) may also be a first name.
Lamas Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found in Galicia, Leon, Castile, and Andalusia. Name of several villages near Orense, Compostela, Mondonedo, Lugo, and Santander. Probably derived from latin "lama" - mud, slime, ooze. Modern usage applies name to high priest of Tibet, called a Lama or Blama in Spanish.
Galician name later in Castile.
User-submitted Reference
Comes from the spanish word llamas, which means 'flames'.
- mlamasLamas Demographics
Average Lamas Salary in
United States
$38,827 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lamas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lamas (Arabic: لاماس, Hindi: लामस, Marathi: अ्लमास, Oriya: ଲମସ, Russian: Ламас) occurs more in Argentina more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,796th most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 140,078 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Lamas reside; 49 percent reside in South America and 30 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America. Lamas is also the 443,564th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 382 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Argentina, where it is carried by 13,614 people, or 1 in 3,140. In Argentina Lamas is primarily concentrated in: Jujuy Province, where 29 percent live, Buenos Aires Province, where 27 percent live and Salta Province, where 22 percent live. Apart from Argentina it is found in 91 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 16 percent live and Spain, where 15 percent live.
Lamas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lamas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lamas last name rose 6,847 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 153 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lamas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lamas surname are 41.86% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.09% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lamas earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 36.22% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,406 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.74% less than the national average, earning $20,037,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.02% less than the national average, earning $38,827 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.33% less than the national average, earning $43,556 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lamas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lamas in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲମସ | lamasa | - |
| Lamas in the Marathi language | ||
| अ्लमास | alamasa | - |
| Lamas in the Hindi language | ||
| लामस | lamasa | 50 |
| लमासा | lamasa | 50 |
| Lamas in the Russian language | ||
| Ламас | lamas | - |
| Lamas in the Arabic language | ||
| لاماس | lamas | - |
| اماس | amas | - |
| لامس | lams | - |
| لماس | lmas | - |
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