Lamey Surname
Approximately 6,165 people bear this surname
Lamey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,258 | 1:40,716 | 4,150 |
| United States | 2,061 | 1:175,866 | 17,657 |
| England | 526 | 1:105,928 | 11,076 |
| Canada | 345 | 1:106,799 | 11,489 |
| Jamaica | 334 | 1:8,593 | 976 |
| France | 268 | 1:247,846 | 38,285 |
| Australia | 189 | 1:142,834 | 15,308 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 79 | 1:308,549 | 20,627 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 341 | 1:147,269 | 13,727 |
Lamey (285) may also be a first name.
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Lamey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lamey is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 79,165th most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,182,084 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Lamey are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Lamey is also the 524,196th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 285 people.
The last name Lamey is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 2,258 people, or 1 in 40,716. Barring Egypt this surname occurs in 42 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.
Lamey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lamey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 604 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 666 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Lamey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Lamey surname are 13.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.23% being registered with the party.
The amount Lamey earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 15.6% less than the national average, earning 292,089 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 6.32% more than the national average, earning R 252,660 per year; in United States they earn 3.86% less than the national average, earning $41,484 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.04% less than the national average, earning $44,695 CAD per year.
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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
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- 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
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