Lamus Surname
Approximately 4,370 people bear this surname
Lamus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1,898 | 1:25,171 | 1,749 |
| Venezuela | 1,696 | 1:17,809 | 1,341 |
| Indonesia | 293 | 1:451,362 | 37,513 |
| Poland | 135 | 1:281,546 | 34,278 |
| United States | 131 | 1:2,766,862 | 164,942 |
| Spain | 34 | 1:1,375,060 | 44,096 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
The alternate forms: Lamuş (22), Lámus (6) & Lamús (1) are calculated separately.
Lamus (243) may also be a first name.
Lamus Demographics
Average Lamus Salary in
United States
$41,777 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lamus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lamus (Russian: Ламус) is carried by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Lamuş, Lámus or Lamús. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamus? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 106,893rd most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,667,631 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Lamus live; 82 percent live in South America and 82 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 573,164th most widespread given name in the world It is held by 243 people.
The surname is most widespread in Colombia, where it is borne by 1,898 people, or 1 in 25,171. In Colombia it is mostly concentrated in: Santander Department, where 45 percent live, Norte de Santander Department, where 15 percent live and Capital District, where 14 percent live. Not including Colombia Lamus is found in 33 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 39 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
Lamus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lamus has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 437 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lamus Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lamus surname are 19.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Lamus earn in different countries varies marginally. In Colombia they earn 5.16% less than the national average, earning $21,530,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 3.18% less than the national average, earning $41,777 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lamus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lamus in the Russian language | ||
| Ламус | lamus | - |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lamus
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