Lamerck Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lamerck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lamerck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Lamerck (18) may also be a first name.

Lamerck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lamerck is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lamerck? popularity and diffusion

Lamerck is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Lamerck occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Lamerck live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Lamerck is also the 2,608,198th most numerous given name throughout the world It is held by 18 people.

This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania Lamerck is most frequent in: Simiyu Region, where 67 percent live. Barring Tanzania Lamerck occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lamerk925/
Lamerc921/
Lamarck8626/
Lammarck807/
Lamark77584/
Lamrek7710/
Lemerk7710/
Lemerc771/
Lamork770/
Lamarcq71160/
Laumark7172/
Lemarck7113/
Leamark710/
Lamerque672/
Lemark62152/
Lomark6213/
Lamarq623/
Lamorg620/
Ålemark5710/
Lamarqu572/
Lemmerg571/
Leemark571/
Ållemark5311/
Lhomergue500/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lamerck
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