Lampkin Surname

64,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,777 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Lampkin Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Lambert,' from the nick. Lamb and diminutive Lamb-kin. A Flemish introduction, no doubt; compare Wilkin, Simpkin, &c. The 'g' in Lambking is an excrescence, as in Jennings.

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Lampkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,8981:52,5466,313
England2551:218,50218,526
Canada1871:197,03519,314
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1441:782169
Australia831:325,24927,873
Guyana621:12,2941,744
Trinidad and Tobago571:23,9292,651
Barbados151:19,1631,043
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Wales51:618,90625,852
Grenada41:27,1341,180
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Belize11:355,4743,977
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England691:353,26622,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8941:56,1736,282

Lampkin (23) may also be a first name.

Lampkin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Lambert,' from the nick. Lamb and diminutive Lamb-kin. A Flemish introduction, no doubt; compare Wilkin, Simpkin, &c. The 'g' in Lambking is an excrescence, as in Jennings.

Lambekin de Lamburne, London, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Lambekin de Carsell, London, ibid.

Lamkynus de Braban, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Lambekyn fil. Eli. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.

Lamkyn Loker. Issues of the Exchequer.

Lambekin Taborer: Wardrobe Account, 48 Edward III-i Richard II.

1608-9. William Money and Christian Lamkin: Marriage Lic. (London), i. 3"

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

LAMBEKIN: From Lamb, which see, + diminutive ending -kin. Lambekin, dapifer, witnessed a charter by Earl Gospatric to Priory of Coldingham, a. 1166 (CCPC., p. 8).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

For Lambkin, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of little Lamb, a pet form of Lambert (land, bright).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A diminutive of Lambert.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Lampkin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lampkin (Russian: Лампкин) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Lampkin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lampkin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 64,315th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 937,064 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Lampkin are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 90 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Lampkin is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 23 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 6,898 people, or 1 in 52,546. In The United States Lampkin is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 14 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Georgia, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 35 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Lampkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lampkin has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 772 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 370 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lampkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Lampkin surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Lampkin last name are 0.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.96% being registered with the party.

The amount Lampkin earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 17.62% less than the national average, earning $35,544 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.87% more than the national average, earning $55,082 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lampking933/
Lambpkin931/
Lamppkin930/
Lambkin861,266/
Lempkin867/
Lampkim865/
Lompkin864/
Lanpkin863/
Lampqin861/
Lampken860/
Lampcin860/
Lanmpken801/
Lempken7135/
Leimpkim671/
Lembken5723/

Lampkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lampkin in the Russian language
Лампкинlampkin-

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Lampkin Reference & Research

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