Lamprey Surname

400,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 879 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Lamprey Surname Definition:

William de Lanteprey, Devon, 1273.

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Lamprey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3931:922,28769,218
Australia2091:129,16614,085
England1721:323,94224,037
Wales561:55,2605,065
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1091:223,62717,016
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3391:148,13813,775

Lamprey 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.

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

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]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The fish.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Lamprey Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lamprey occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lamprey.

How Common Is The Last Name Lamprey? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 400,040th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,290,723 people. Lamprey is primarily found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Lamprey reside; 46 percent reside in North America and 46 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Lamprey is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 393 people, or 1 in 922,287. In The United States Lamprey is mostly found in: Massachusetts, where 24 percent are found, New Hampshire, where 19 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 24 percent are found and England, where 20 percent are found.

Lamprey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lamprey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lamprey last name grew 116 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 158 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 933 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lamprey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lamprey surname are 5.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.56% being registered with the party.

The amount Lamprey earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.3% more than the national average, earning R 397,572 per year; in United States they earn 2.12% more than the national average, earning $44,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.5% less than the national average, earning $39,002 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lamphrey937/
Laumprey930/
Lampfrey930/
Lampre92543/
Lampry922/
Lamprea864,654/
Lampret861,164/
Lomprey86142/
Lamproe86142/
Lampreu8661/
Lampred8632/
Lampres8621/
Lamproy8616/
Lampree863/
Lamphre862/
Lamprae862/
Laimpre861/
Lamprue861/
Lamprer861/
Lampray860/
Lamphry860/
Lanprey860/
Lampreia801,583/
Lamproye80334/
Lampreht80298/
Lamprych8066/
Lamprech8032/
Lamproie8014/
Lampraya806/
Lampreet803/
Lamphrae802/
Lamprest801/
Lampress801/
Lampriea801/
Lampreas801/
Lampreux801/
Laumproy801/
Lamphrie800/
Lanphrey800/
Lamphree800/
Lampreth800/
Lamprett800/
Lampri77290/
Lompre77174/
Labrey7757/
Lavrey7739/
Lampra7715/
Lempre772/
Lompry771/
Lampré771/
Lamprecht7521,347/
Lamprycht75126/
Lampreich7514/
Lampreias751/
Lamprawet751/
Lamphraya751/
Lamprechp751/
Lamprou718,737/
Lampris71360/
Lomprez71323/
Lompret71127/
Lasbrey7161/
Lampprecht7139/
Loumpre7125/
Lamprai7119/
Lampras7112/
Lamprat713/
Lamproi712/
Lamphrawet712/
Lomprea711/
Lompree711/
Lanproe711/
Lammprecht711/
Lanprea711/
Llamprecht711/
Lamprescht710/
Labre674,029/
Lavry671,294/
Labry671,108/
Lamprich67190/
Lavre67122/
Lamphrai6766/
Lamproux6726/
Liampras671/
Lampréia671/
L'Aubrey671/
Labreeya671/
Lompress671/
Lompreez671/
Lamprach670/
Lamproud670/

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