Lamkey Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Lamkey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lamkey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1811:2,002,536128,575
Canada551:669,92054,285
India111:69,733,217610,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Lamkey (69) may also be a first name.

Lamkey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lamkey (Tibetan: ལམ་སྐྱིད།) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lamkey? popularity and diffusion

Lamkey is the 1,022,958th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Lamkey are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Lamkey is also the 1,171,416th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 69 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 2,002,536. In The United States Lamkey is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 33 percent reside, Missouri, where 11 percent reside and Idaho, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Lamkey occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 22 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.

Lamkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lamkey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lamkey surname increased 393 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lamkey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lamkey last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.

The amount Lamkey earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.44% more than the national average, earning $44,635 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.96% less than the national average, earning $45,230 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lamke911,170/
Lamky9174/
Lamker8394/
Lamkie8371/
Lamkay8356/
Lemkey8348/
Lamcke8326/
Lamkeh839/
Lyamke834/
Lamkke834/
Laemke833/
Lamkei833/
Lamkea833/
Lamkee831/
Lamkes831/
Hlamke831/
Lammke831/
Laimky830/
Lamkaya7725/
Lamkhed7711/
Lamkhae774/
Lomkhey771/
Lamckie771/
Lamkhie771/
Lomckey771/
Lamcker770/
Lemke7352,387/
Lamka73881/
Lamki73840/
Lemky73339/
Lamce73155/
Lomke7352/
Lämke7316/
Lömke738/
Lomky732/
Lemcke673,770/
Lömker67441/
Lamkah67325/
Lamkas67136/
Lamche67127/
Lamkaj67118/
Lomker6783/
Lehmke6751/
Laemka6748/
Lemmke6747/
Lomket6736/
Lemkie6736/
Lemkay6734/
Leimke6725/
Lamkaa6721/
Lemkee6713/
Lamque6711/
Lämmke679/
Loemke677/
Lamkai677/
Leamka675/
Lamkaš674/
Lemkeu673/
Lamkau671/
Lyamki671/
Lyamka671/
Lamkki671/
Lammki671/
Lemgke671/
Löhmke671/
Lemhke671/
Laumka671/
Lemkeh670/
Lohmke670/
Lemcky670/
Lomcke670/

Lamkey Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lamkey in the Tibetan language
ལམ་སྐྱིད།lamkyi34.62
ལམ་སྐྱིད་lamkyi19.23
ལམ་སྐྱེད།lamkyé15.38
ལམ་སྐྱེས་lamkyé7.69
ལམ་སྐད།lamké3.85
ལམ་ཀེ་lamké3.85
ལམ་སྐྱིས།lamkyi3.85
བླམ་སྐྱིད།lamkyi3.85
བླམ་སྐྱིད་lamkyi3.85
ལྷམ་སྐྱིད།lhamkyi3.85

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lamkey
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