Lamp Surname

55,683rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Lamp Surname Definition:

Corruption of the name Lamb, Lambe. It may sometimes represent Lampray, Lamprey; or even Lambert. Hence the diminutives Lambkin and Lampkin.

Lamp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,5771:79,1919,043
Germany2,2181:36,2964,816
Brazil5511:388,52014,841
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
Estonia2261:5,849657
Austria1721:49,5087,848
Denmark1121:50,3995,183
Australia1031:262,09423,895
Italy981:624,04856,733
Netherlands791:213,76228,937
Russia681:2,119,457129,651
Taiwan401:586,1194,335
Portugal381:274,16410,086
England301:1,857,26974,552
France301:2,214,091176,965
Argentina281:1,526,55084,030
India261:29,502,515369,827
Hungary241:409,01227,854
Curaçao141:11,232389
Poland141:2,714,911112,031
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
China131:105,178,5825,529
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Cambodia111:1,407,9226,192
South Sudan91:1,268,3421,210
Ukraine91:5,058,077228,455
Uruguay91:381,30622,825
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Norway81:642,78647,258
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Greece71:1,582,82788,377
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9661:51,9865,875

Lamp (411) may also be a first name.

Lamp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Corruption of the name Lamb, Lambe. It may sometimes represent Lampray, Lamprey; or even Lambert. Hence the diminutives Lambkin and Lampkin.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Lamp Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lamp (Russian: Ламп) is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lamp? popularity and diffusion

Lamp is the 55,683rd most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 799,248 people. The surname Lamp occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Lamp reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Lamp is also the 424,977th most common first name on earth It is held by 411 people.

It is most common in The United States, where it is held by 4,577 people, or 1 in 79,191. In The United States Lamp is primarily found in: Ohio, where 13 percent reside, West Virginia, where 9 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name exists in 65 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 24 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Lamp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lamp has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 474 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lamp Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Lamp surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Lamp surname are 14.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.82% registered with the party.

The amount Lamp earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 20.52% more than the national average, earning 417,107 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.28% less than the national average, earning $42,595 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.76% less than the national average, earning $46,822 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lampe8926,503/
Lamps89543/
Lampp89486/
Lamph89330/
Lampf8936/
Lampt894/
Lanmp891/
Lampz891/
Liamp890/
Lyampe8012/
Llampe803/
Lamphe802/
Lamppe800/
Lammpp800/
Lamb75132,645/
Lemp752,411/
Lomp751,019/
Lanp7518/
Lamv754/
Lampová73106/
Lampova7332/
Latempt7316/
Lampsch732/
L'Lampe731/
Lattemp730/
Lempp67596/
Lompe67237/
Lambs67212/
Lambh67192/
Laumb67183/
Lyamb6729/
Loump6725/
Lämpe6718/
Lõmps6715/
Lammb678/
Lambt677/
Lambz677/
Labbp675/
Lemph674/
Lanpe673/
Laamb673/
Liamb672/
Lanpz672/
Lanph671/
Lanps671/
Lambå671/
Llamb671/
Lomps670/

Lamp Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lamp in the Russian language
Лампlamp-

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