Lambrey Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Lambrey Surname Definition:

A probable corruption of Lambrick, q. v. It may however be from lan-bry, the church hill, or the hill enclosure.

Lambrey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France301:2,214,091176,965
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Lambrey (14) may also be a first name.

Lambrey Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A probable corruption of Lambrick, q. v. It may however be from lan-bry, the church hill, or the hill enclosure.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Lambrey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lambrey Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lambrey is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lambrey? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,185,341st most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Lambrey live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 43 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Lambrey is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name globally, borne by 14 people.

It is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 2,214,091. In France Lambrey is most numerous in: Occitanie, where 37 percent are found, Grand Est, where 33 percent are found and Hauts-de-France, where 10 percent are found. Aside from France Lambrey occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 25 percent are found and Mexico, where 16 percent are found.

Lambrey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lambrey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lambrey surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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