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 last name Lamkey (Tibetan: ལམ་སྐྱིད།) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Lamkey click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lamkey? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lamkey is the 1,022,958th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname Lamkey is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Lamkey reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Lamkey is also the 1,171,416th most widely held given name at a global level, held by 69 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 2,002,536. In The United States it is most common in: Illinois, where 33 percent live, Missouri, where 11 percent live and Idaho, where 10 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 22 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Lamkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lamkey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lamkey surname expanded 393 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lamkey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lamkey surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% registered to vote for 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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