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Lampray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Lampray Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lamprey,' evidently a Devonshire name. No more a fish-name than is Salmon, or Chubb, or Spratt, or Herring. The same individual is thus referred to:
William de Lanteprey, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Lampreye, Devon, ibid.
Simon de Lampree, Devon, Henry III-Edward. I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
1 the French Lampré, apparently for earlier Landpré, ‘the meadow on the heath or waste’ [French lande, waste land, &c. (from the Celtic) + pré, Latin prat-um, a meadow] William de Lanteprey.—Hundred Rolls 2 the possibility of the name being occasionally a nickname from the fish cannot be excluded [Anglo-French lampreie (French lamproie), Latin lampeira, a lamprey]
The fish.
Not from the fish, but from Lampridius, name of a Latin historian of the fourth, and of a Latin poet and scholar of the sixteenth century.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lampraya | 93 | 6 | / |
| Lampra | 92 | 15 | / |
| Lampry | 92 | 2 | / |
| Lamphraya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Lamprea | 86 | 4,654 | / |
| Lamprey | 86 | 879 | / |
| Lamprai | 86 | 19 | / |
| Lamproy | 86 | 16 | / |
| Lampras | 86 | 12 | / |
| Lamprat | 86 | 3 | / |
| Lamprae | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lamphry | 86 | 0 | / |
| Lampreia | 80 | 1,583 | / |
| Lamproye | 80 | 334 | / |
| Lamphrai | 80 | 66 | / |
| Lamprych | 80 | 66 | / |
| Lamphrey | 80 | 7 | / |
| Lamphrae | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lampreas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lampréia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Liampras | 80 | 1 | / |
| Laumproy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lampriea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lamprach | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lampfrey | 80 | 0 | / |
| Laumprey | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lampre | 77 | 543 | / |
| Lampri | 77 | 290 | / |
| Lompra | 77 | 25 | / |
| Labray | 77 | 10 | / |
| Lavray | 77 | 3 | / |
| Lampré | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lompry | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lamprycht | 75 | 126 | / |
| Lampracht | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lamprawet | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lampreias | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lamprou | 71 | 8,737 | / |
| Lampret | 71 | 1,164 | / |
| Lauvray | 71 | 446 | / |
| Lampris | 71 | 360 | / |
| Lomprey | 71 | 142 | / |
| Lamproe | 71 | 142 | / |
| Lampreu | 71 | 61 | / |
| Lampred | 71 | 32 | / |
| Lampres | 71 | 21 | / |
| Laubray | 71 | 6 | / |
| Lampree | 71 | 3 | / |
| Lamphrawet | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lamproi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lamphre | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lamprer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lanprea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Loumpra | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lomprea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laimpre | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lamprue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lanprey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Labra | 67 | 21,550 | / |
| Lavry | 67 | 1,294 | / |
| Labry | 67 | 1,108 | / |
| Lavra | 67 | 876 | / |
| Lampreht | 67 | 298 | / |
| Lamprich | 67 | 190 | / |
| Lanphrai | 67 | 34 | / |
| Lamprech | 67 | 32 | / |
| Lamproux | 67 | 26 | / |
| Lamproie | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lampreet | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lampress | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lampreux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lamprest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lamproud | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lanphrey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lamphrie | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lamphree | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lampreth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lamprett | 67 | 0 | / |
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