Lamego Surname

187,259th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Lamego Surname User-submission:

Lamego: '[from] Lamego,' a town in northern Portugal. Geographical meaning. Portuguese origins. Common amongst people of Portuguese and Portuguese Jewish descent. The etymology of the town of Lamego is to do with 'Lamaecus,' a Roman title for the person who owned the agricultural land around the town's castle.

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Lamego Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,5321:139,7355,338
Portugal5471:19,0461,354
France441:1,509,607143,950
United States431:8,429,278367,833
Spain321:1,461,00145,498
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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The alternate forms: Lamêgo (13) are calculated separately.

Lamego Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Lamego: '[from] Lamego,' a town in northern Portugal. Geographical meaning. Portuguese origins. Common amongst people of Portuguese and Portuguese Jewish descent. The etymology of the town of Lamego is to do with 'Lamaecus,' a Roman title for the person who owned the agricultural land around the town's castle.

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Lamego Demographics

Average Lamego Salary in
United States

$53,350 USD

Per year
Rank:
319,254 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
1.25109E-5
Rank: 368,111 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
123.64%
Sample size: 20 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Lamego Last Name Facts

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

Lamego (Russian: Ламего) is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Lamêgo. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lamego? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 187,259th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,226,005 people. Lamego occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Lamego live; 68 percent live in South America and 68 percent live in Luso-South America.

Lamego is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,532 people, or 1 in 139,735. In Brazil Lamego is mostly found in: Rio de Janeiro, where 19 percent live, Amazonas, where 17 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 16 percent live. Beside Brazil this surname occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 24 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Lamego Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lamego surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Lamego earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.64% more than the national average, earning $53,350 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lamêgo9413/
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Lamoego924/
Laemego921/
Lameigo921/
Lamigo832,980/
Lamega83560/
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Lamogo83163/
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Lemego831/
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Lamigos772/
Leamogo771/
Liamigo771/
Lamegas771/
Lamagoh771/
Laemogo771/
Lamogou771/
Lamiegha7128/
Lemeggoi711/
Lamaga671,170/
Lemogo67549/
Lomigo67360/
Lomega67147/
Lemago67140/
Lemega67102/
Lamoga6763/
Lomago6747/
Lamyga6735/
Lamiga6730/
Lomogo6719/
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Lamego Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lamego in the Russian language
Ламегоlamego-

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